Key result
A minute ventilation rate adaptive pacemaker was found to be reliable in 42 patients over a mean follow-up of 13.2 months, with long-term sensor reliability and infrequent setting changes.
Why the study?
Is a minute ventilation rate adaptive pacemaker reliable during long-term follow-up in patients requiring pacing?
Observational (n=42)
Is a minute ventilation rate adaptive pacemaker reliable during long-term follow-up in patients requiring pacing?
Minute ventilation rate adaptive pacemakers demonstrate reliable long-term performance and ease of programming in clinical practice.
Supports long-term sensor reliability in rate-adaptive pacing; hypothesis-generating pending larger randomized confirmation.
Although rate adaptive pacemakers are now frequently prescribed, there is limited information regarding long-term follow-up of patients with a pacemaker capable of rate adaptation. We have examined our patients in whom a pacemaker capable of rate adaptation via a sensor that determines minute ventilation has been implanted. After following a group of 42 patients for a mean of 13.2 months we have found this to be a reliable rate adaptive pacing system. The sensor was reliable long term, the system is easy to program, and sensor settings were changed infrequently.
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Li et al. (1992) conducted an observational in Pacemaker implantation (n=42). Minute ventilation rate adaptive pacemaker was evaluated on System reliability. A minute ventilation rate adaptive pacemaker was found to be reliable in 42 patients over a mean follow-up of 13.2 months, with long-term sensor reliability and infrequent setting changes.
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