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 2024/04/19
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