LEADLESS: The next generation pacemakers??
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On 8th October 1958, the first definitive electronic pacemaker was implanted by two surgeons in Sweden with procedure of opening the chests and suturing two electrodes on the surface of the heart and further placing a machine on the abdominal wall of the patient.
More than 5 decades later, all device implantation has been taken away from surgeons and has been taken over cardiologists, especially Electrophysiologists , who are putting a small device in the chest and connecting it with the leads passed through the venus system percutaneously to the heart.
In 2014, a new device was invented, to replace even the complications of the leads. These were called the LEADLESS PACEMAKERS (LCP) and were first implanted in patients having indication of single chamber pacing.In this device, the pulse generator and sensing/pacing electrodes are fully contained within a single unit. Leadless trial of 2014 was designed to study safety and feasilbity of these pacemakers
More than 5 decades later, all device implantation has been taken away from surgeons and has been taken over cardiologists, especially Electrophysiologists , who are putting a small device in the chest and connecting it with the leads passed through the venus system percutaneously to the heart.
In 2014, a new device was invented, to replace even the complications of the leads. These were called the LEADLESS PACEMAKERS (LCP) and were first implanted in patients having indication of single chamber pacing.In this device, the pulse generator and sensing/pacing electrodes are fully contained within a single unit. Leadless trial of 2014 was designed to study safety and feasilbity of these pacemakers
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