title: [Clinical experiences with four newly developed, surface modified stimulation electrodes].
abstract: Newly developed pacing electrodes with so-called porous surfaces promise a significantly improved post-operative pacing and sensing threshold. We therefore investigated four newly developed leads (ELA-PMCF-860 n = 10; Biotronik-60/4-DNP n = 10, CPI-4010 n = 10, Intermedics-421-03-Biopore n = 6) connected to two different pacing devices (Intermedics NOVA II, Medtronic PASYS) in 36 patients (18 men, 18 women, age: 69.7 +/- 9.8 years) suffering from symptomatic bradycardia. The individual electrode maturation process was investigated by means of repeated measurements of pacing threshold, electrode impedance in acute, subacute, and chronic phase, as well as energy consumption and sensing behavior in the chronic phase. However, with the exception of the 4010, the investigated leads showed largely varying values of the pacing threshold with individual peaks occurring from the second up to the 13th week. All leads had nearly similar chronic pacing thresholds (PMCF 0.13 +/- 0.07; DNP 0.25 +/- 0.18; Biopore 0.15 +/- 0.05; 4010 0.14 +/- 0.05 ms). Impedance measurements revealed higher, but not significantly different values for the DNP (PMCF 582 +/- 112, DNP 755 +/- 88, Biopore 650 +/- 15, 4010 718 +/- 104 Ohm). Despite differing values for pacing threshold and impedance, the energy consumption in the chronic phase during threshold-adapted, but secure stimulation (3 * impulse-width at pacing threshold) were comparable.
authors.affiliation: Klinik III für Innere Medizin, Kardiologie, Universität zu Köln.
authors.forename: U J
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fritsch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liebing
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Höpp
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Hilger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004566:Electrodes; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013499:Surface Properties
vernacular_title: Klinische Erfahrungen mit vier neuartigen, oberflächenbehandelten Stimulationselektroden.