Leadless Pacemaker With Acute but Transient Elevation of Lead Impedance and Pacing ThresholdNovel Teaching Points

• Hikaru Hagiwara, MD, PhD,
• Junpei Morimoto, MD,
• Toshifumi Tamura, MD,
• Akinori Takahashi, MD,
• Hirokazu Komoriyama, MD, PhD,
• Yoshiya Kato, MD, PhD,
• Toshihisa Anzai, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Hikaru Hagiwara, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kushiro City General Hospital, Kushiro, Japan; Corresponding author: Dr Hikaru Hagiwara, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-15 Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan. Tel.: +81-11-706-6973.

Junpei Morimoto, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kushiro City General Hospital, Kushiro, Japan

Toshifumi Tamura, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kushiro City General Hospital, Kushiro, Japan

Akinori Takahashi, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kushiro City General Hospital, Kushiro, Japan

Hirokazu Komoriyama, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kushiro City General Hospital, Kushiro, Japan

Yoshiya Kato, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kushiro City General Hospital, Kushiro, Japan

Toshihisa Anzai, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan