Abstract
Selected strips of a Holter recording obtained from a healthy young person with rare unifocal premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) were obtained. Occasionally, the PVCs were interpolated and showed the phenomenon originally named postponed compensatory pause by Langendorf [Am Heart J 1953;46:401]. But this is a misnomer because, by definition, interpolated PVCs do not have compensatory pauses. Thus, it follows that what does not exist cannot be postponed. In reality, the basic manifest feature is a prolongation of the first RR interval that follows the interpolated beat. However, in view of its use for more than half a century, it is probably best to continue using this terminology, but only as long as its underlying mechanism and fundamental manifestations are properly understood.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 377-379 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Electrocardiology |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2006 |
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Keywords
- Compensatory pause
- Interpolated premature ventricular contractions
- Noninterpolated premature ventricular contractions
- Postponed compensatory pause
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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Interpolated premature ventricular contractions with postponed compensatory pauses : a misnomer? / Castellanos, Agustin; Brenes, Juan Carlos; Chirinos-Medina, Julio A.; del Carpio, Freddy.
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AU - Castellanos, Agustin
AU - Brenes, Juan Carlos
AU - Chirinos-Medina, Julio A.
AU - del Carpio, Freddy
PY - 2006/10
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N2 - Selected strips of a Holter recording obtained from a healthy young person with rare unifocal premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) were obtained. Occasionally, the PVCs were interpolated and showed the phenomenon originally named postponed compensatory pause by Langendorf [Am Heart J 1953;46:401]. But this is a misnomer because, by definition, interpolated PVCs do not have compensatory pauses. Thus, it follows that what does not exist cannot be postponed. In reality, the basic manifest feature is a prolongation of the first RR interval that follows the interpolated beat. However, in view of its use for more than half a century, it is probably best to continue using this terminology, but only as long as its underlying mechanism and fundamental manifestations are properly understood.
AB - Selected strips of a Holter recording obtained from a healthy young person with rare unifocal premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) were obtained. Occasionally, the PVCs were interpolated and showed the phenomenon originally named postponed compensatory pause by Langendorf [Am Heart J 1953;46:401]. But this is a misnomer because, by definition, interpolated PVCs do not have compensatory pauses. Thus, it follows that what does not exist cannot be postponed. In reality, the basic manifest feature is a prolongation of the first RR interval that follows the interpolated beat. However, in view of its use for more than half a century, it is probably best to continue using this terminology, but only as long as its underlying mechanism and fundamental manifestations are properly understood.
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