Key result
A thermistor integrated in a bipolar pacing lead detected central venous temperature increases of 0.6-0.75°C at medium effort and 1.35°C at high effort during treadmill tests in two individuals.
Why the study?
Can central venous blood temperature be used to guide rate control in pacemaker therapy?
Population
n=2 (one of the authors and one pacemaker patient)
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Should not yet guide pacemaker rate response; case-level data leave open temperature sensing as a physiologic parameter for prospective validation.
Case Report (n=2)
Can central venous blood temperature be used to guide rate control in pacemaker therapy?
Central venous temperature correlates with medium-range physical effort and may serve as a physiologic parameter to guide rate-responsive pacing.
A. Laczkovics (1984) conducted a case report in Pacemaker therapy (n=2). Thermistor integrated in a bipolar pacing lead was evaluated on Central venous temperature (CVT) changes during treadmill tests. A thermistor integrated in a bipolar pacing lead detected central venous temperature increases of 0.6-0.75°C at medium effort and 1.35°C at high effort during treadmill tests in two individuals.
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