Time Course of Transvenous Pacemaker Stimulation Impedance, Capture Threshold, and Electrogram Amplitude
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
- Vol. 9 (5), 620-625
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1986.tb05408.x
Abstract
To examine the time course of atrial and ventricular stimulation impedance, capture threshold, and electrogram amplitude, we obtained noninvasive telemetric data in 63 patients who underwent implantation of unipolar, endocardial pacing leads and a second-generation dual chamber pacemaker with expanded bidirectional telemetry, including stimulation impedance, endocardial electrograms, and automatic capture threshold determination. On follow-up of 9-20 months (mean, 15 months), all but six patients continued to pace in the DDD mode. To validate measurements made with telemetry, invasive measurements made directly with a pacing system analyzer at time of implant were compared with immediate postimplant telemetric measurements. Significant correlation of acute stimulation impedance was noted in both atrial (r = .7, p less than .001) and ventricular (r = .8, p less than .001) lead systems. The atrial stimulation impedance decreased from 538 ohms at implant to 471 ohms at 13 months (p less than .01); the ventricular stimulation impedance similarly declined from 545 ohms to 485 ohms at 13 months (p less than .01). Capture thresholds peaked at one month, then declined: atrial, 1.2 V at implant vs 2.2 V at 1 month (p less than .008) and 1.4 V at 13 months; ventricular, 1.1 V at implant vs 1.9 V at 1 month (p less than .001) and 1.3 V at 13 months. There were no significant changes noted in atrial or ventricular electrogram amplitude following implantation. We conclude that there is close correlation of invasive recordings with those made telemetrically with this pacemaker at time of implant.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)Keywords
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