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A 30-year-old female asked:

What does it means when you wearing a pacemaker (for complete heart block) and been told that now you have "fusion beat"?

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Dr. Martin Bressanswered

Internal Medicine 50 years experience

Not to worry.: A fusion beat is a beat that combines the electrical signal from two different locations It has no significance.

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