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a-paced rhythm? - little_lotte

Posted: Aug 22, 2011

I have heard this word/phrase several times now in dealing with cardiology reports. I am wondering what the correct way to write this is. The phrase is "a-paced." Context: "The patient A-paced 14% of the time and ventricular paced 31% of the time." Does anyone know what that means exactly and what the correct way to write it is? A paced? A-paced or a-paced?

Thanks for your help! :)

I do A-paced - sm

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It means atrial paced.

a paced rhythm - sml

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That is simply "a paced rhythm" without a hyphen and not capitalized. It is apparent that the patient has a pacemaker, and therefore has a paced rhythm.

there is a difference between a paced rhythm and A-paced - sm

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It's certainly true that one hears "a paced rhythm" a good deal of the time.

However, A-paced refers to a device pacing in the atrium, and is another designation entirely.

From the context the poster provides, it is apparent that the doc is discussing atrial and ventricular pacing (patient is A-paced 14% of the time, ventricular paced 31% of the time).

It's an electrophysiology thing.

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