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Table 1 Demographic data on infants with Kora pacemaker system

From: First clinical experience with the Kora pacemaker system in congenital complete heart block in newborn infants

 

Patient 1

Patient 2

Patient 3

a) Demographic Data

 Sex

F

F

M

 GA (wks + d)

37 + 0

36 + 4

38 + 0

 BW (kg)

2,8

3

2,9

 APGAR

7/8/9

8/8/8

7/8/9

 Fetal HR (bpm)

50

64

54

 pp HR (bpm)

55

60

52

 pp AoVTI (cm)

26,1

21,8

23,9

 Age at Implant (d)

2

142

14

 Weight at Implant (kg)

2,8

5,1

3,1

 Follow Up (a)

2,9

2,2

2,3

 Echocardiography

unremarkable

unremarkable

unremarkable

b.) Initial programming

 Model

Kora 100 SR

Kora 100 SR

Kora 250 SR

 Mode

VVIR

VVIR

VVIR

 Lower rate interval

90

95

90

 Intrinsic rhythm (bpm)

50

69

58

 Polarity

unipolar

unipolar

bipolar

 Impedance (Ω)

341

510

900

 R-wave (mV)

7,9

7,75

15

 Threshold (V/ms)

1,5/0,5

1,75/0,85

0,75/0,35

 Impulse (ms)

0,5

0,85

0,35

 Amplitude (V)

4

3,5

3

  1. Leg.: F female, M male, GA gestational age, a years, wks weeks, d days, kg kilogram, bpm beats per minute, Ω Ohm, mV millivolt, ms milliseconds, V Volt, pp post partum, AoVTI aortic velocity time integral, HR heart rate, Implant Implantation