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Case Reports
. 2022 Jul-Sep;25(3):362-365.
doi: 10.4103/aca.aca_25_22.

Innovative use of biotrace tempo pacemaker lead following cardiac surgery

Jordan E Goldhammer  1 , Regina E Linganna  1 , Douglas S Pfeil  1 , Scott D Witzeling  1 , Alec Vishnevsky  2 , Nicholas J Ruggiero  2 , T Sloane Guy  3
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Case Reports

Innovative use of biotrace tempo pacemaker lead following cardiac surgery

Jordan E Goldhammer et al. Ann Card Anaesth. 2022 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

The Tempo® Temporary Pacing Lead is a temporary, transvenous, active fixation pacemaker lead used exclusively in structural heart and electrophysiology procedures since regulatory approval in 2016. We utilized the Tempo lead for four patients undergoing redo-robotic cardiac surgery in which surgical epicardial leads could not be placed. No failure-to-pace events were encountered and patients were able to participate in various levels of physical activity without limitation.

Keywords: Active fixation pacemaker; minimally invasive cardiac surgery; robotic cardiac surgery; temporary pacemaking.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Goldhammer is a member of the medical advisory board for BioTrace Medical. The offer to join the medical advisor board of BioTrace Medical was received by Dr. Goldhammer after clinical care of all patients described in this manuscript and advanced drafting of this manuscript. BioTrace Medical provided no financial or advisory support for this manuscript. The observations provided reflect the independent views of all authors of this manuscript.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Air-filled balloon ensures Tempo lead tip is apposed to septal wall in the right ventricular apex. Stabilizer loops are deployed to provide active lead fixation to the endocardium
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Stabilizer loops deployed with trigger in locked position. (b) Stabilizer loops retracted with trigger in unlocked position
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