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Review
. 2023 Aug 18:18:e49.
doi: 10.15420/ecr.2022.32. eCollection 2023.

Leadless Pacemakers: Current Achievements and Future Perspectives

Apostolos Ilias Vouliotis  1   2 , Paul R Roberts  1 , Polychronis Dilaveris  2 , Konstantinos Gatzoulis  2 , Arthur Yue  1 , Konstantinos Tsioufis  2
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Review

Leadless Pacemakers: Current Achievements and Future Perspectives

Apostolos Ilias Vouliotis et al. Eur Cardiol. .

Abstract

Despite the technological advances in pacemaker technology, the transvenous implanted leads are still considered the Achilles' heel of this rhythm-control therapy. The leadless permanent pacemaker system was developed as an option to bypass the weakness of the transvenous approach. Advances in battery technology and deep miniaturisation of electronics now offer the opportunity to implant the whole pacemaker system into the right ventricle. This review aims to provide a comprehensive report on the advent of leadless pacemakers, their clinical usefulness and the future perspectives of this disruptive and promising technology. Further research is required before some of these technologies are safely and routinely used in clinical practice.

Keywords: AF; Pacemakers; atrioventricular block; atrioventricular pacing; leadless; leads; rate-responsive; single-chamber ventricular pacing.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: PD is on the European Cardiology Review editorial board; this did not influence peer review. All other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1:. Cine Images of Pacemakers
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