A pacemaker monitoring system.

ABSTRACT

The use of cardiac pacemaker technology has greatly decreased the morbidity and mortality caused by certain cardiac arrhythmias. Its use, however, has not been without complications, including broken or dislodged pacemaker leads, failure of the pacemaker to sense the QRS complex, and cardiac arrhythmias. This paper presents a straightforward and inexpensive monitoring system which detects four specific pacemaker failure states.