Brief Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastrointest Endosc. Mar 16, 2012; 4(3): 87-93
Published online Mar 16, 2012. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v4.i3.87
Table 1 Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators studied
PatientManufacturerDeviceModelImplantedModePolarity
No. 1MedtronicICDVirtuoso DROct. 2006AAI↔DDDBipolar
No. 2St JudeCPIntegrity AF pacesetterAug. 2001DDDRBipolar
No. 3MedtronicICDConcerto DWKApr. 2007DDD→VOOBipolar
No. 4MedtronicCPEnrhythm DRFeb. 2006AAI↔DDD →VOOBipolar
No. 5St JudeCPIntegrity DRAug. 2003DDDRBipolar
No. 6MedtronicICDConcerto DWKOct. 2007DDD→VOOBipolar
No. 7MedtronicCPKappa KDR901Oct. 2004DDDRBipolar
No. 8St JudeCPAffinity SR pacesetterSept.2000VVIRUnipolar
No. 9St JudeCPIntegrity DRMar. 2003DDDRBipolar
No. 10MedtronicICDVirtuoso VRJun. 2007VVIR→ OOBipolar
No. 11MedtronicCPSigma SSRVVIR→ OOBipolar
No. 12St JudeICDAtlas HFFeb. 2004DDDR→ OOBipolar
No. 13MedtronicCPEnrhythm DRAug. 1997DDDRBipolar
No. 14MedtronicCPEnpulseE2DR01Oct. 2004DDD→ OOBipolar
No. 15CP
No. 16CP
No. 17
No. 18
No. 19ELACPBrioSept. 2003DDDBipolar
No. 20MedtronicCPEnrhythm DRAug. 2006DDDR↔AAIR→ DOOBipolar
Table 2 Summary of important events observed on telemetry monitoring
PatientDeviceModePolarityInduction of asynchronous modeUndersensingOversensingThreshold changeSymtomsHolter findings
No. 1ICDAAI↔DDDBipolarNo, occassional v-pacing on demandNoNoNoNoPVC2
No. 2CPDDDRBipolarNo, occasional a-pacing and v-pacing on demandYes1NoNoNoA fib1, PVC1, Nonsustained VT1
No. 3ICDVOOBipolarNANANANoNoNonsustained VT1, PVC1,
No. 4CPVOOBipolarNANANANoNoA fib1, PVC
No. 5CPDDDRBipolarNo, a-pacing and v-pacing on demandYes1NoNoNoA fib1, PVC1,
No. 6ICDVOOBipolarNANANANoNoPVC1
No. 7CPDDDRBipolarNo. Intrinsic rhythm without paced beatsNoNoNoNoNo events
No. 8CPVVIRUnipolarNo, 100% v-paced on demand1NoNoNoNoNo events
No. 9CPDDDRBipolarNo, 100% a-paced on demand1NoNoNoNoNo events
No. 10ICDVOOBipolarNANANANoNoNo events
No. 11CPVOOBipolarNANANANoNoA fib1
No. 12ICDDOOBipolarNANANANoNoNo events
No. 13CPDDDRBipolarNo, occasional v-pacing on demandNoNoNoNoNo events
No. 14CPDOOBipolarNANANANoNoNo events
No. 15CP100% v-pacingNoNo events
No. 16CP100% v-pacingNoNo events
No. 17ICDOn demand pacingNoSinus brady1
No. 18CPOn demand pacingNoA flutter1, nonsustained VT1
No. 19CPDDDBipolarNoNo
No. 20CPDOOBipolarNoNo
Table 3 Data from capsule study
nMinimumMaximumMeanSD
Duration of Holter monitoring2005:54.408:30.007:48.001:48.0
Time to pass pylorus2000:03.102:38.600:41.100:45.0
Time to pass cecum1701:25.6End of recording