Basic Pacing Types

Single Chamber Pacing

• Single Lead
  • Atrial
    • Bradycardia without AV block
  • -OR-
  • Ventricular
    • Chronic AF with pause or bradycardia

 

Dual Chamber Pacing

• Dual Lead
  • Atrial
  • Ventricular
    • Bradycardia
    • AV Block
    • Sick Sinus Syndrome

Biventricular Pacing

 

• Either DUAL or TRI lead
  • Dual ventricular
  • Dual ventricular and atrial
    • Heart failure where medications have failed

The small list of given indications on this page are far from comprehensive. Full lists will be found on future pages.