NANOSTIM

CAN I HAVE A NANOSTIM PUT IN TO REPLACE MY ICD ?

2 Comments

Doesn't look like it.

by dhusemann - 2015-08-20 05:08:52

Only found info on the SJM Nanostim. and it only has pacing capabilities from what I read on the device.

May have missed something

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Leadless pacemaker

by golden_snitch - 2015-08-20 06:08:12

No, you can't. The Nanostim is a single-chamber leadless pacemaker only. It cannot shock and cannot deliver anti-tachycardia pacing.

And by the way, the Nanostim trial has been halted in Europe several times due to severe complications...

https://arrhythmianewsforpatients.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/leadless-pacing-st-judes-nanostim/

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