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Pacing and clinical electrophysiology
28 (2005), S. 0
ISSN:
1540-8159
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
AutoCapture™ based on the evoked response can be confounded by electrode polarization. In this study, polarization was measured in human subjects who had chronic atrial leads. The aim of the study was to determine whether electrode polarization can be measured using a time integral atrial evoked-response integral (AERI) of the negative portion of the atrial paced ER evoked-response signal and to determine whether high-polarization atrial leads unsuitable for AutoCapture™ can be identified a priori. Atrial intracardiac-electrogram (IEGM) signals from 39 patients with implanted pacemakers were recorded and analyzed. The signals were recorded during conventional atrial-threshold searches. A total of 221 atrial-capture thresholds were recorded, ranging from 0.25 to 2.75 V with a mean of 0.79 V. Each evoked response was evaluated using the AERI in a 36 ms window following the 0.4 ms atrial stimulus. The polarization was estimated as a linear function of stimulus voltage using the evoked-response signal integral of captured beats identified on the IEGM. The 221 threshold-search datasets were obtained using leads with eight different electrode materials. Polarization could be measured using AERI as a function of stimulus voltage. Furthermore, this polarization measure can be used to identify high-polarization leads, which are ill suited for the atrial AutoCapture™ algorithm.
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Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00059.x
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