Temporary transvenous pacer placement under transesophageal echocardiogram guidance in the Emergency Department.

Placement of a transvenous pacer is an important procedure mainly used to treat hemodynamically unstable brady-arrhythmias. In the Emergency Department (ED), wire placement into the right ventricle is typically performed blindly, or in some cases, under transthoracic ultrasound guidance. This case report describes a patient with extensive cardiac history who presented after a witnessed arrest, and after return of spontaneous circulation, sustained an unstable bradycardia requiring emergent transvenous pacer placement while in the ED.