The team at Medmastery are providing LITFL readers with a series of FOAMed courses from across their website.
Over the next few weeks, we will be posting videos from the Pacemaker Essentials Course. First up a review of pacemaker basics: the ‘hardware‘ differences between the 3 main types of pacemaker (single-chamber, dual-chamber, and biventricular pacemakers).
Further Reading
- Course: Pacemaker Essentials
- Types of pacemakers
- Common pacemaker issues: Failure to capture
- Common pacemaker issues: Undersensing
- Common pacemaker issues: Oversensing
- Troubleshooting with vectors
- Workshop: Pacemaker essentials
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Medmastery courses and workshops are fully CME accredited providing US (AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM) and European (ECMECs) CME credits. Members can download their CME certificates upon successful completion of activities. Register now for a free trial and check it out!
Kristian Webb CCDS. International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE) certified specialist in cardiac pacemakers and ICDs. Chief cardiac physiologist in a pacemaker clinic that carries out over 4,000 pacemaker checks per year. | Medmastery |
