Safety and Efficacy of Leadless Pacemakers: A New Era of Pacing

Zaid Ammari; Mubbasher Syed; Mohammad Al-Sarie; Saima Karim; Blair Grubb

doi:10.19102/icrm.2018.090701

Safety and Efficacy of Leadless Pacemakers: A New Era of Pacing

J Innov Card Rhythm Manag. 2018 Jul 15;9(7):3215-3220. doi: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090701. eCollection 2018 Jul.

Authors

Zaid Ammari¹, Mubbasher Syed², Mohammad Al-Sarie¹, Saima Karim², Blair Grubb²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.

Abstract

Leadless pacemakers are evolving as a new technologic alternative to conventional transvenous pacemakers, though potential short-term and long-term complications have been recognized. The two currently available right ventricular leadless pacing systems are the Nanostim™ Leadless Cardiac Pacemaker (Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL, USA) and the Micra™ Transcatheter Pacing System (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA). This review aims to highlight the safety and efficacy of leadless pacemakers using these two devices as exemplars.

Keywords: Leadless; leadless pacemaker; pacing.

Publication types

Review