RT Book, Section A1 Shah, Chirag N. A1 Ortega, Guillermo A1 Morrison, Daniel S. A2 Reichman, Eric F. SR Print(0) ID 1159796349 T1 Transthoracic Cardiac Pacing T2 Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259861925 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159796349 RD 2024/10/15 AB Transthoracic cardiac pacing is a historic technique of pacing the heart with an electrode introduced percutaneously into the ventricular cavity using a needle trocar introducer. There is sparse literature on transthoracic cardiac pacing, its benefits, and complications. Transthoracic pacing was a faster alternative to transvenous pacing in the patient with an acutely unstable dysrhythmia. The advent of effective and efficient transcutaneous pacing has made the indications for transthoracic pacing extremely rare. The technique of transthoracic pacing is included in this text because it is occasionally performed in situations where transcutaneous pacing is unavailable or ineffective.1-3