Sclarovsky S, Zafrir N, Strasberg B, Kracoff O, Lewin R F, Arditi A, Rosen K M, Agmon J
Am J Cardiol. 1981 Dec;48(6):1160-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(81)90335-0.
Five patients with acute myocardial infarction had ventricular fibrillation as a complication of indicated temporary pacing. All five patients had evidence of right ventricular infarction (three patients with postmortem confirmation). The presence of right ventricular infarction seems to be a contributing mechanism involved in the induction of ventricular fibrillation during temporary pacing for bradyarrhythmia complicating acute myocardial infarction.
