title: [Percutaneous implantable transcatheter pacemaker].
abstract: Electrical cardiac pacing today is the standard therapy for symptomatic bradycardia. Importantly, despite technical advantages, complications associated with conventional transvenous pacing leads and pockets are still challenging in a relevant number of patients. Beyond cosmetic benefits, miniaturized leadless pacemaker may partly overcome these limitations and beneficially influence implantation-related physical restrictions. Initial findings with single-chamber pacemakers for right ventricular pacing, which are completely implanted via a femoral venous vascular access, are promizing. In summary, leadless pacing offers novel perspectives regarding cardiac implantable electronic devices although acute safety and the long-term performance of these systems needs to be determined in more detail.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jungen
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gosau
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eickholt
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Willems
mesh_terms: D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*