Abstract:Introduction
Epicardial pacemakers are known as an alternative for endocardial pacemakers in some cases such as heart block, and complex congenital heart diseases. Considering recent advances and improvement of epicardial lead subtypes, it is essential to investigate the long‐term function of them. In this study, we aimed to assess the sensing and pacing characteristics, and survival of bipolar steroid‐eluting and unipolar nonsteroid‐eluting epicardial pacemakers.
Methods
We conducted an entirely concentrated … Show more
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