…Lead configuration and, where relevant, whether leads are unipolar or bipolar. Implantation history and current indication. Device function and battery status. Whether the patient is…

…chambers are paced. The stimulation artifact is larger in unipolar pacing, as compared with bipolar pacing. The latter yields a discrete stimulation artifact, which may…

…compare electrical currents in two measurement points. The electrophysiological basis of the ECG leads The movement of charged particles generates an electric current. In electrocardiology…

…Ω). The higher the resistance in the lead tip, the smaller the current used. Software settings The pacemaker software includes pre programmed algorithms and settings…

…main principle behind artificial pacemakers; i.e applying an external electrical current that depolarizes cells in contact with the lead tip, and thus generate an…