Why the study?
Do steroid-eluting electrodes maintain low acute and long-term atrial and ventricular stimulation thresholds in pacemaker patients?
Population
24 patients receiving pacemaker leads (11 atrial leads, 19 ventricular leads, 6 patients received both)
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
11 +/- 3 months
Authors
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Supports maintained low thresholds with steroid-eluting electrodes in one case; hypothesis-generating and requires larger studies before adoption.
Do steroid-eluting electrodes maintain low acute and long-term atrial and ventricular stimulation thresholds in pacemaker patients?
Steroid-eluting electrodes maintain low stimulation thresholds (<1 V) over long-term follow-up in both atrial and ventricular positions.
Kruse et al. (1985) studied this question.
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