What question did this study set out to answer?

To evaluate and compare the clinical performance of endocardial versus epicardial steroid-eluting pacing leads in neonatal and pediatric patients.

September 13, 2002HeartOpen Access

Endocardial and epicardial steroid lead pacing in the neonatal and paediatric age group

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Why the study?

Do endocardial steroid eluting leads have comparable performance to epicardial steroid eluting leads in the neonatal and paediatric age group?

To evaluate and compare the clinical performance of endocardial versus epicardial steroid-eluting pacing leads in neonatal and pediatric patients.
Assessed lead performance comparing endocardial and epicardial steroid-eluting cardiac pacing leads in a pediatric and neonatal cohort.
Steroid-eluting pacing leads placed via endocardial and epicardial approaches demonstrated equivalent functional performance in pediatric patients (specific event rates, effect sizes, and p-values not reported).
Both lead delivery approaches maintained adequate cardiac pacing efficacy across neonatal and older pediatric recipients.

Do endocardial steroid eluting leads have comparable performance to epicardial steroid eluting leads in the neonatal and paediatric age group?

Population

Neonatal and paediatric patients

Intervention

Endocardial steroid eluting leads

Comparator

Epicardial steroid eluting leads

Outcome

Lead performance

Endocardial and epicardial steroid eluting leads offer comparable performance for pacing in neonatal and pediatric patients.

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May inform lead selection in pediatric pacing; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation.

F. Udink ten Cate (2002) studied this question.

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