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Orthogonal Ventricular Electrogram Sensing
Author(s) -
GOLDREYER BRUCE N.,
BRUESKE ROSCOE,
KNUDSON MARK B.,
CANNOM DAVID S.,
WYMAN MILFORD G.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1983.tb05337.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular pacing , qrs complex , ventricular fibrillation , biomedical engineering , electrocardiography , heart failure
Inappropriate demand pacing is most commonly due to improper ventricular electrogram sensing. Filters and programmable sensitivities improve eleclrogram sensing of conducted beats, but paced electrograms cannot be sensed by conventional unipolar or bipolar systems. A permanent pacing lead with a standard tip electrode and three orthogonal 0.8 mm 2 sensing electrodes located circumferentially 2 cm proximal to the pacing tip was tested in 22 patients. The tip electrode was placed in the right ventricular apex in standard pacing position. Orthogonal electrodes were not in contact with ventricular myocardium. Orthogonal ventricular eleclrograms from 54 electrode pairs were compared with unipolar tip electrograms during conducted rhythms and paced beats. Tip ventricular electrograms averaged 12.8 mV with 3.04 mVT waves. Orthogonally recorded ventricular electrograms during conducted beals averaged 8.86 mV with T waves of 1.57 mV. During pacing, tip ventricular electrograms were obscured by the stimulus artifact and repolarization events. Orthogonal ventricular electrograms, however, demonstrated small discrete stimuli of 1.99 mV followed by discrete ventricuJar electrograms of 9.19 mV and T waves of 1.9 mV. Orthogonal ventricular electrograms compared favorably with contacting tip electrograms during conducted beats and provided a redundant sensing capability. During pacing, orthogonal ventricular electrograms allowed the capability for capture verification. A new pacing catheter allows for improved ventricuJar electrogram sensing and capture verification.