Dear Doctor: What is sinus node dysfunction, and how is it treated?

The placement of a permanent pacemaker is the definitive treatment for sinus node dysfunction, but not everyone needs this.
The Vindicator

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Sinus node dysfunction, treatment explained

DEAR DR. ROACH: At age 76, I was diagnosed with sinus node dysfunction last year after several episodes of what I’d call being “spaced out” (for lack of a better term). I couldn’t explain these ...
MedPage Today

Less Atrial Pacing Doesn't Cut Afib in Sinus Node Dysfunction

AMSTERDAM -- Reducing atrial pacing didn't help prevent atrial fibrillation (Afib, or AF) in patients with sinus node dysfunction but did increase risk of fainting, the DANPACE II trial showed. The ...
Healio

Atrial pacing minimization did not lower AF incidence in sinus node dysfunction

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rate-modulated pacing at 60 bpm did not reduce AF incidence vs. nonadaptive pacing at 40 bpm in patients with ...
Medscape

MOST: dual chamber pacing offers "significant improvement" for sinus node dysfunction

Boston, MA Final results of the Mode Selection Trial in Sinus Node Dysfunction (MOST) show no advantage for dual-chamber pacing over single-chamber ventricular pacing in terms of the trial's primary ...
News Medical

Trial finds no benefit of minimizing atrial pacing in patients with sinus node dysfunction

Minimizing atrial pacing does not prevent atrial fibrillation in patients with sinus node dysfunction, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2023.
EurekAlert!

Minimised atrial pacing does not benefit patients with sinus node dysfunction

Amsterdam, Netherlands – 28 Aug 2023: Minimising atrial pacing does not prevent atrial fibrillation in patients with sinus node dysfunction, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line ...
Medscape

ADOPT Finds Overdrive Atrial Pacing Algorithm Successfully Reduces Symptomatic AF in Patients With Sinus Node Dysfunction

August 26, 2003 — The addition of a rate-adaptive atrial pacing algorithm to dual-chambered rate responsive (DDDR) pacemakers is safe and effective in reducing symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) ...
Nature

The total absence of atrial automaticity in a child with sinus node dysfunction

Background A routine sports evaluation identified constant alternation between a junctional and idioventricular rhythm in a 9-year-old child. During exercise testing, electrography demonstrated that ...
JSTOR Daily

Disruption of mitochondria—sarcoplasmic reticulum microdomain connectomics contributes to sinus node dysfunction in heart failure

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The sinoatrial node (SAN), the leading pacemaker region, generates electrical impulses that propagate throughout the heart. SAN dysfunction ...
Times Colonist

Your Good Health: Sinus node dysfunction and its symptoms, treatment

Dear Dr. Roach: At age 76, I was diagnosed with sinus node dysfunction last year after several episodes of what I’d call being “spaced out” (for lack of a better term). I couldn’t explain these ...