Life cycle and post-mortem ingrowth patterns of a leadless pacemaker system

Europace. 2024 Feb 1;26(2):euae013. doi: 10.1093/europace/euae013.

Authors

Hermann Blessberger^{1

2}, Daniel Kiblboeck^{1

2}, Claudia Grosse^{2

3}, Petar Noack^{2

3}, Jakob Ebner^{1

2}, Jakob Boetscher^{1

2}, Julian Maier^{1

2}, Stefan Schwarz^{1

2}, Christian Reiter^{1

2}, Alexander Fellner^{1

2}, Michael Lichtenauer⁴, Joerg Kellermair^{1

2}, Juergen Kammler^{1

2

4}, Karim Saleh^{1

2}, Clemens Steinwender^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Kepler University Hospital, Krankenhausstraße 9, 4020 Linz, Austria.
² Medical Faculty of the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Straße 64, 4040 Linz, Austria.
³ Institute of Clinical Pathology and Molecular Pathology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine II, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.

No abstract available

Keywords: Causes of death; Encapsulation; Fibrosis; Inflammation; Leadless pacemaker; Time to death.

MeSH terms

Animals
Autopsy
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
Equipment Design
Humans
Life Cycle Stages
Pacemaker, Artificial*