Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE
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Pacing Clin Electrophysiol · Dec 2014
Implantable device to monitor cardiac activity with sternal wires.
Sternal wires are used to close the thoracic cavity and facilitate healing after median sternotomy (MS). We invented an implantable device that uses these wires as sensors to monitor cardiac electrical activity and tested its utility in collecting electrocardiography (ECG) data in vivo. ⋯ These initial results showed that our novel device can use sternal wires as electrodes in vivo to monitor cardiac electrical activity and safely capture physiologic signals after surgical placement.