TEMPORARY, POST-HEART SURGERY CARDIOVERTING AND PACING SYSTEM AND LEAD SYSTEMS FOR USE

摘要

A post-surgical atrial cardioverting, atrial pacing, andventricular pacing system and lead system provides forcardioverting the atria, pacing the atria, and/or pacing theventricles of the heart of a post-surgical heart patient. Thesystem includes a first lead and a second lead providing apair of atrial cardioverting electrodes, an atrial pacingelectrode, and a ventricular pacing electrode. The electrodesare electrically isolated from each other. The system furtherincludes at least one anchor releasably disposing theelectrodes beneath the skin of the patient with each atrialcardioverting electrode electrically contacting a respectivegiven one of the atria, the atrial pacing electrodeelectrically contacting one of the atria, and the ventricularpacing electrode electrically contacting a ventricle. Thesystem further includes at least one of an externalcardiovertor coupled to the cardioverting electrodes forcardioversion, an external atrial pacer coupled to the atrialpacing electrode and one of the atrial cardiovertingelectrodes for pacing the atria, and an external ventricularpacer coupled to the ventricular pacing electrode and one ofthe atrial cardioverting electrodes for pacing the ventricles.