Cardiomyopathy induced by artificial cardiac pacing: myth or reality sustained by evidence?

Implantable cardiac pacing systems are a safe and effective treatment for symptomatic irreversible bradycardia. Under the proper indications, cardiac pacing might bring significant clinical benefit. Evidences from literature state that the action of the artificial pacing system, mainly when the vent...

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Main Authors: Andrés Di Leoni Ferrari, Anibal Pires Borges, Luciano Cabral Albuquerque, Carolina Pelzer Sussenbach, Priscila Raupp da Rosa, Ricardo Medeiros Piantá, Mario Wiehe, Marco Antônio Goldani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2014-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382014000300402&lng=en&tlng=en