Epicardial pacing wires, a five year, single centre experience
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Results On implantation the mean threshold of all the leads was 1.1+/-0.8V at a mean pulse width of 0.5+/-0.7ms. The mean impedance of the leads was 673.4+/-268.1 OH. There was no difference in the implant data between unipolar and bipolar or steroid eluting and non-steroid eluting leads. There was a significantly lower pacing threshold in the steroid eluting leads at latest follow up (p=0.031). Similarly the pacing thresholds were lower in the bipolar leads when compared to the unipolar leads (p=0.026). There was no difference in impedance.
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دوره 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013