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Translational Rabbit Model of Chronic Cardiac Pacing

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Published on: January 6, 2023

A leadless pericardial pacemaker.

Yaniv Bar-Cohen¹, Michael J Silka¹, Allison C Hill¹

¹Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

|February 2, 2025

Summary

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A novel leadless micropacemaker was developed for minimally invasive implantation into the pericardial space, avoiding vascular access. This new cardiac pacemaker shows promising results in early studies.

Keywords:

Animal model Bradycardia Heart block Leadless pacemaker Translational research

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Cardiology
Medical Devices

Background:

Traditional cardiac pacemakers face complications from leads and hardware.
Subcutaneous pockets and endovascular hardware pose risks.

Purpose of the Study:

To report the development of a leadless micropacemaker.
To enable percutaneous implantation into the pericardial space.

Main Methods:

Developed and tested a micropacemaker system in pigs.
Performed percutaneous implantations via subxiphoid access.
Iteratively refined device design and implantation techniques.

Main Results:

A prototype met requirements for safe, reproducible pericardial implantation without migration.
Successfully implanted in 5 pigs, with survival to 8 weeks.
Demonstrated myocardial capture with acceptable capture thresholds.

Conclusions:

A novel pericardial micropacemaker system enables minimally invasive, leadless cardiac pacing.
This approach avoids entry into the vascular space.
Proof of concept established with encouraging follow-up data.