Abstract:
BACKGROUND:In the treatment of patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia, transvenous implantable cardioverter/defibrillators provide significant advantages over devices requiring a thoracotomy. This study tested the hypothesis that a new carbon-fiber electrode, designed at the Technische Universität in Munich, Germany, has a lower defibrillation threshold (DFT) than standard transvenous defibrillation electrodes. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 8 mongrel dogs (weight, 25.2 +/- 0.8 kg; heart weight, 192 +/- 19 g), we examined the efficacy and electrical characteristics of a right ventricular endocardial carbon prototype defibrillation electrode (9.5F, 4.4-cm2 surface) compared with a standard CPI 0062 Endotak electrode and a Medtronic 6966 Transvene endocardial right ventricular defibrillation electrode. The new electrode consists of 24 braided, tubular carbon filaments, each containing 1000 highly isotropic carbon fibers of 7-microns diameter, yielding a theoretical electrical surface of 480 cm2. The DFTs were determined in random order between each of the three right ventricular electrodes and a subcutaneous wire array anode placed on the left thorax. A standard step-down/up DFT protocol of 20-V shock steps was applied. Two different biphasic waveforms with a 1-ms delay between phases were tested: 3.2-ms first phase/2.0-ms second phase, and 6.0-ms first phase/6.0-ms second phase. For the 3.2/2.0-ms waveform, we found a significantly lower DFT for the carbon lead (4.96 +/- 1.58 J) compared with the CPI 0062 (6.93 +/- 1.67 J) and the Medtronic 6966 (7.49 +/- 0.99 J) leads. For the 6.0/6.0-ms waveform, the DFT for the carbon electrode (5.97 +/- 2.09 J) was significantly lower than for the Medtronic 6966 lead (8.55 +/- 1.93 J) but not for the CPI 0062 lead (6.30 +/- 1.41 J). The impedance with carbon was lower than with the other two leads for the 6.0/6.0-ms waveform but not for the 3.2/2.0-ms waveform. For the carbon electrode, the 3.2/2.0-ms waveform had a lower DFT than the 6.0/6.0-ms waveform. CONCLUSIONS:The present canine study found a lower DFT for a new carbon electrode compared with DFTs for endocardial defibrillation electrodes made of standard metal. Further long-term animal studies and clinical studies are needed to determine whether carbon materials and braided-lead technology are practical and beneficial in patients.
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Circulationjournal_title
Circulationauthors
Alt EU,Fotuhi PC,Callihan RL,Mestre E,Smith WM,Ideker REdoi
10.1161/01.cir.92.6.1627subject
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1995-09-15 00:00:00pages
1627-33issue
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0009-7322issn
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92pub_type
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