A computer model for in-silico trials on pacemaker energy efficiency
Published in CinC 2024, 2024
Pacemakers are commonly required to treat bradycardias. Their capture threshold (minimum energy required to stimulate the heart) is critical to assess and predict pacemaker performance, and may change due to fibrosis associated with the inflammatory process, resulting in loss-of-capture and requiring re-hospitalization. We developed a 3D model that computes threshold curves depending on the pacemaker and cardiac tissue properties. Here, it is used through an in-silico trial to compute the proportion of a population for which the initial device setting no longer captures.
Recommended citation: Coudière, Y., Leguèbe, M., Balelli, I., Baretta, A., Fauré, G., Feuerstein, D. (2024). A computer model for in-silico trials on pacemaker energy efficiency. IEEE Xplore2024 - Computing in Cardiology (CinC) 2024.