Why the study?
Does a single lead VDD pacemaker with diagonally arranged bipole compared to closely spaced bipolar ring electrodes improve atrial sensing performance in patients with advanced AV block?
Population
32 sex and age matched patients with advanced AV block
Comparison
Single lead atrial synchronous ventricular… vs Single lead atrial synchronous ventricular…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
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Similar atrial sensing at high sensitivities supports either VDD lead in advanced AV block; leaves open randomized comparisons of long-term performance.
Does a single lead VDD pacemaker with diagonally arranged bipole compared to closely spaced bipolar ring electrodes improve atrial sensing performance in patients with advanced AV block?
Despite differences in initial atrial electrogram amplitudes, both diagonally arranged and closely spaced bipolar single lead VDD pacemakers provide similar clinical atrial sensing performance when programmed to high sensitivities.
Lau et al. (1996) studied this question.
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