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ReviewJournal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing2020

Exercise-related T-wave oversensing: an underestimated cause of reduced exercise capacity in a pacemaker-dependent patient-a case report and review of the literature.

Albert Topf, Lukas J Motloch, Johannes Kraus, Franz Danmayr, Moritz Mirna, Christiane Schernthaner, Uta C Hoppe, Bernhard Strohmer

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Review in Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Hitting the Wall: The Hidden Challenge of 2:1 Block in Pacemaker Patients.Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Albert TopfDepartment of Cardiology, Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria. albert.topf@hotmail.com.
Lukas J MotlochDepartment of Cardiology, Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Johannes KrausDepartment of Cardiology, Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Franz DanmayrDepartment of Cardiology, Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Moritz MirnaDepartment of Cardiology, Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Christiane SchernthanerDepartment of Cardiology, Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Uta C HoppeDepartment of Cardiology, Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Bernhard StrohmerDepartment of Cardiology, Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
University of Salzburg · ATParacelsus Medical University · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 62-year-old pacemaker-dependent patient presented to our department with a sudden onset of reduced physical capacity. While initial physical and pacemaker evaluations remained without specific findings, Holter-ECG monitoring revealed an abnormal rate response with unusual pauses during physical exercise. Consequently, closer evaluation of the pacemaker system revealed intermittent, exercise-related T-wave oversensing (TWOS). While TWOS remains a significant burden in ICD-patients, it might be an underestimated but clinically significant event in pacemaker patients. Further studies should evaluate the impact of TWOS in this patient population.

Indexed as

Defibrillators, ImplantablePacemaker, ArtificialArrhythmias, CardiacElectrocardiographyExerciseExercise ToleranceHumansMiddle AgedPacemakerT wave oversensing

Identifiers

PMID31974858
PMCPMC7508958
OpenAlexW3003048901

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