Manual vs. automatic capture management in implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The Secura ICD and Consulta CRT-D are the first defibrillators to have automatic right atrial (RA), right ventricular (RV), and left ventricular (LV) capture management (CM). Complete CM was evaluated in an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) population.

Methods and results

Two prospective clinical studies were conducted in 28 centres in Europe and Israel. Automatic CM data were compared with manual threshold measurements, the CM applicability was determined, and adjustments to pacing outputs were analysed. In total, 160 patients [age 64.6 +/- 10.4 years, 77% male, 80 ICD and 80 cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D)] were included. The differences between automatic and manual measurements were

SUBMITTER: Murgatroyd FD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2875184 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature