Benefit of the steroid electrode.
A permanent pacemaker was implanted in an 80-year-old patient with complete heart block. The electrode had to be changed six times (endocardial, five and epicardial, one) due to a progressive rise in threshold with recurrent exit block. A porous, steroid eluting, endocardial electrode was implanted and has given 27 months of excellent service. This lead may be ideal for patients who have a progressive increase in threshold after repeated electrode implantation.
Kriwisky
M
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Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Goldstein
J
J
Gotsman
M S
MS
D000368:Aged; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006327:Heart Block / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial