Does biventricular pacing provide a superior cardiac output compared to univentricular pacing wires after cardiac surgery?

Date First Published:

August 26, 2009

Last Updated:

August 26, 2009

Report by:

Paul Vaughan, Farah Bhatti, Steven Hunter, and Joel Dunning, Registrars in Cardiothoracic Surgery (Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Wales, UK, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, James Cook University Hospital)

Three-Part Question:

For [patients after cardiac surgery] do [biventricular pacing wires compared to right ventricular wires alone] provide a [superior cardiac output]?