The significance of electrode surface area and stimulating thresholds in permanent cardiac pacing

N. P.D. Smyth; P. P. Tarjan; E. Chernoff; N. Baker

doi:10.1016/s0022-5223(19)40179-7

The significance of electrode surface area and stimulating thresholds in permanent cardiac pacing

N. P.D. Smyth, P. P. Tarjan, E. Chernoff, N. Baker

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This paper reports a long term clinical study of evolving chronic thresholds of cardiac stimulation in patients with implanted pacemakers and two types of permanent prevenous unipolar pacing leads. A comprehensive collection of threshold measurements is presented and analyzed. These data were accumulated over a period of more than 4 yr by measuring stimulation thresholds at each of five stimulus pulse durations ranging from 0.5 to 2.5 msec. Measurements were made at initial implantation and at first (21 mth) and second (42 mth) reimplantations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	559-565
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume	71
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5223(19)40179-7
State	Published - 1976
Externally published	Yes

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Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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