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Biventricular pacemaker

Case contributed by Jeremy Jones
Diagnosis certain
x-ray

Adult patient with cardiomegaly and features of heart failure. Biventricular pacemaker in situ.

Case Discussion

Biventricular pacemakers are used to achieve cardiac resynchronisation in patients with heart failure and do so by improving the priming efficiency of the atria, increasing stroke volume.

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