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Chronic performance of a transvenous steroid pacing lead used as an epi-intramyocardial electrode
P P Karpawich1, H Walters, M Hakimi
1Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA.
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|July 22, 1998
Abstract:
Excessive surface fibrosis or fat limits effective electrode insertion in patients requiring epicardial pacing. We present chronic performance of a modified transvenous steroid lead used as an epi-intramyocardial electrode in a patient following repair of a univentricular heart after failure of both standard and steroid-eluting epicardial leads. Low implant threshold values remained stable during a 3-year postimplant interval demonstrating an effective and innovative approach to epicardial pacing.