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Skeletal muscle myopotential inhibition of a ventricular demand pacemaker caused syncope in a Parkinson's patient, which was corrected by programming the device to a lower sensitivity.
Myopotential inhibition of a ventricular demand pacemaker in a patient with Parkinson's disease can cause syncope and can be corrected by programming the pacemaker to a lower sensitivity.
Identifies treatable syncope mechanism in Parkinson's pacemaker patients; hypothesis-generating for device sensitivity adjustments in tremor disorders.
A patient with severe Parkinson's disease experienced a syncopal attack due to skeletal muscle myopotential inhibition of an implanted ventricular demand pacemaker. The problem was diagnosed with the aid of Holter monitoring, and was corrected by noninvasively programming the pacemaker to a lower sensitivity.
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Sydney J. Mehl (1983) studied this question. Skeletal muscle myopotential inhibition of a ventricular demand pacemaker caused syncope in a Parkinson's patient, which was corrected by programming the device to a lower sensitivity.
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