Why the study?
Does echocardiographic measurement of right heart internal dimension improve the selection of optimal AV distance for single-pass VDD leads compared to chest X-ray?
Population
26 consecutive patients who had undergone VDD pacer implantation using the conventional chest X-ray method
Comparison
Echocardiographic measurement of right heart… vs Conventional chest X-ray method for lead selection
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Echocardiographic RHIDd measurement may aid VDD lead sizing; leaves open prospective validation versus chest X-ray.
Does echocardiographic measurement of right heart internal dimension improve the selection of optimal AV distance for single-pass VDD leads compared to chest X-ray?
Echocardiographic measurement of right heart internal dimension provides a promising preoperative method for selecting the optimal electrode length in single-lead VDD pacing to ensure adequate atrial sensing.
Yin et al. (2002) studied this question.
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