Reduction of impulse duration for saving energy in pacemaker therapy
Steinbach, K.; Joskowics, G.
Acta Medica Austriaca 3(1): 13-16
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-8173 PMID: 998144 Document Number: 98849
The application of pacemakers with a impulse duration of 0.5 msec depends on the knowledge of the upper limit of the threshold, expressed in terms of current (rheobase). Follow-up studies in patients, where the implantation of the system was performed in two sessions, revealed a rheobase of 3.6 mA as the upper limit with the specified electrode system. Pacemakers with a impulse duration of 0.5 msec primarily offer themselves for the first implantation in connection with low surface electrodes, or for pacemaker replacement.