Percutaneous Implantation of an Entirely Intracardiac Leadless Pacemaker

Y. Reddy, Vivek; V. Exner, Derek; J. Cantillon, Daniel; N. Doshi, Rahul; Jared Bunch, T.; Tomassoni, Gery; A. Friedman, Paul; Mark Estes, N.A.; Ip, John; Niazi, Imran; Plunkitt, Kenneth; Banker, Rajesh; G. Porterfield, James; E. Ip, James; R. Dukkipati, Srinivas

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1507192

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Percutaneous Implantation of an Entirely Intracardiac Leadless Pacemaker

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Aug 30, 2015

Authors:

Vivek Y. Reddy

Derek V. Exner

Daniel J. Cantillon

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cardiac pacemakers are limited by device-related complications, notably infection and problems related to pacemaker leads. We studied a miniaturized, fully self-contained leadless pacemaker that is nonsurgically implanted in the right ventricle with the use of a catheter. METHODS: In thi...

Subject

Medicine

Intracardiac injection

Ventricle

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