Leadless Dual-Chamber Pacing: A Novel Communication Method for Wireless Pacemaker Synchronization

Contemporary leadless pacemakers only feature single-chamber pacing capability. This study presents a prototype of a leadless dual-chamber pacemaker. Highly energy-efficient intrabody communication was implemented for wireless pacemaker synchronization. Optimal communication parameters were obtained...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bereuter, Lukas, Gysin, Mirco, Kueffer, Thomas, Kucera, Martin, Niederhauser, Thomas, Fuhrer, Jürg, Heinisch, Paul, Zurbuchen, Adrian, Obrist, Dominik, Tanner, Hildegard, Haeberlin, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
PRECLINICAL RESEARCH
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6314974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30623141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacbts.2018.07.009
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Sumario:Contemporary leadless pacemakers only feature single-chamber pacing capability. This study presents a prototype of a leadless dual-chamber pacemaker. Highly energy-efficient intrabody communication was implemented for wireless pacemaker synchronization. Optimal communication parameters were obtained by in vivo and ex vivo measurements in the heart and blood. The prototype successfully performed dual-chamber pacing in vivo. The presented wireless communication method may in the future also enable leadless cardiac resynchronization therapy.

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