Leadless Pacing: Therapy, Challenges and Novelties

Leadless pacing is a rapidly growing field. Initially designed to provide right ventricular pacing for those who were contraindicated for conventional devices, the technology is growing to explore the potential benefit of avoiding long-term transvenous leads in any patient who requires pacing. In th...

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Main Authors: Nadeev Wijesuriya, Felicity De Vere, Vishal Mehta, Steven Niederer, Christopher A Rinaldi, Jonathan M Behar
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Language:English
Published: Radcliffe Medical Media 2023-04-01
Series:Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review
Online Access:https://www.aerjournal.com/articleindex/aer.2022.41
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description Leadless pacing is a rapidly growing field. Initially designed to provide right ventricular pacing for those who were contraindicated for conventional devices, the technology is growing to explore the potential benefit of avoiding long-term transvenous leads in any patient who requires pacing. In this review, we first examine the safety and performance of leadless pacing devices. We then review the evidence for their use in special populations, such as patients with high risk of device infection, patients on haemodialysis, and patients with vasovagal syncope who represent a younger population who may wish to avoid transvenous pacing. We also summarise the evidence for leadless cardiac resynchronisation therapy and conduction system pacing and discuss the challenges of managing issues, such as system revisions, end of battery life and extractions. Finally, we discuss future directions in the field, such as completely leadless cardiac resynchronisation therapy-defibrillator devices and whether leadless pacing has the potential to become a first-line therapy in the near future.
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spelling doaj-art-894affab1f974729a50fb573dff306f62025-08-20T02:37:42ZengRadcliffe Medical MediaArrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review2050-33692050-33772023-04-011210.15420/aer.2022.41Leadless Pacing: Therapy, Challenges and NoveltiesNadeev Wijesuriya0Felicity De Vere1Vishal Mehta2Steven Niederer3Christopher A Rinaldi4Jonathan M Behar5chool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London UK; Department of Cardiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London UK; Department of Cardiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London UK; Department of Cardiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London, UKchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London UK; Department of Cardiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London UK; Department of Cardiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKLeadless pacing is a rapidly growing field. Initially designed to provide right ventricular pacing for those who were contraindicated for conventional devices, the technology is growing to explore the potential benefit of avoiding long-term transvenous leads in any patient who requires pacing. In this review, we first examine the safety and performance of leadless pacing devices. We then review the evidence for their use in special populations, such as patients with high risk of device infection, patients on haemodialysis, and patients with vasovagal syncope who represent a younger population who may wish to avoid transvenous pacing. We also summarise the evidence for leadless cardiac resynchronisation therapy and conduction system pacing and discuss the challenges of managing issues, such as system revisions, end of battery life and extractions. Finally, we discuss future directions in the field, such as completely leadless cardiac resynchronisation therapy-defibrillator devices and whether leadless pacing has the potential to become a first-line therapy in the near future.https://www.aerjournal.com/articleindex/aer.2022.41
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