Rapid Ventricular Pacing During Cerebral Aneurysm Surgery: a Study Concerning the Safety for Heart and Brain

Rapid ventricular pacing (RVP) is a technique to obtain flow arrest for short periods of time during dissection or rupture of the aneurysm. RVP results in an adequate fall in blood pressure which presents as an on-off phenomenon. The technique facilitates the dissection and manipulation of cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and can be lifesaving in the case of an intraoperative bleeding or rupture

No rapid ventricular pacing is applied perioperatively.