Title :
Esophageal cardiac pacing effects on arterial pulsations
Author :
Geipel, P.S. ; Jensen, C. ; Li, J.K.-J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Electrical stimulation via the esophageal pathway has been demonstrated to be a relatively noninvasive and recommendable approach to cardiac pacing to the termination of arrhythmias. Hemodynamics consequences of this mode of pacing on arterial system function have not been reported. The authors anaesthetized dogs using bipolar catheter electrodes; their results show that transesophageal cardiac pacing alters arterial pulse transmission characteristics only to a limited extent
Keywords :
haemodynamics; pacemakers; anaesthetized dogs; arrhythmias; arterial pulsations; arterial pulse transmission characteristics; bipolar catheter electrodes; electrical stimulation; oesophageal cardiac pacing effects; Dogs; Electrodes; Esophagus; Fluid flow measurement; Heart; Hemodynamics; Impedance; Pressure measurement; Pulse circuits; Reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 1988., Proceedings of the 1988 Fourteenth Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Durham, NH
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.1988.19390
