(Adnkronos) - È disponibile in Italia il sistema Aveir* Dr di Abbott, il primo sistema di pacemaker bicamerale senza fili al mondo. Il device - presentato a Milano, all’evento ‘La cardiologia che batte al ritmo del futuro’ - rappresenta un importante passo avanti della tecnologia e offre al paziente con ritmo cardiaco anomalo o più lento del normale, una stimolazione più fisiologica possibile e un margine di sicurezza decisamente più elevato dei pacemaker sino ad oggi disponibili.
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00:00Cardiac arrhythmias are on the rise, and it is estimated that about a third of the world's population could develop a pathological arrhythmia, one of the most common causes of mortality, access to first aid and recovery.
00:18In order to meet the needs of people with an abnormal or slower heart rate than normal, Abbott has announced the availability in Italy of AVEIR-DR, the world's first non-wireless bicameral pacemaker system.
00:32The technology of the pacemaker has not had great revolutions in recent years. Let's say that finally this technology, this product, brings a great innovation, allowing the installation of the device without the use of catheters and using leadless technology, in order to expand the possibility of installation to patients who can benefit from this technology.
00:58The device allows two pacemakers without electrocatheters to communicate and synchronize with each other thanks to the implant-to-implant communication technology, patented by Abbott. The safety margin of wireless pacemakers is high.
01:14The so-called wireless pacemakers are pacemakers that are inserted directly into the cardiac cavity, without the need to have a surgical wound as is conventionally created when a conventional pacemaker is implanted.
01:33The advantages are, apart from the aesthetic advantage, the fact that wireless pacemakers significantly reduce, if not zero out, the risk of infection. In fact, the risk of infection is still one of the complications of the conventional pacemaker implant, which accounts for between 1 and 5% of all implants.
01:56Therefore, this is an important step of the technology, because it offers the patient a much higher and wider safety margin than conventional pacemakers.
02:10In addition, wireless pacemakers reproduce the function of conventional pacemakers. So, in fact, there is no difference in terms of stimulation, but a whole series of advantages.
02:27AVEIR D-AR, 10 times smaller than the devices available today, has been certified in Europe and the first implants in Italy have already been carried out.
02:37The pacemaker is revolutionary because, compared to conventional pacemakers, it does not need wires, it does not need a box under the keyboard.
02:47So, once positioned in the heart, they communicate with each other and allow the patient to have the most physiological stimulation possible, without the risk of having catheters or clearly reduced risks of broken catheters, infections and so on.