NIH R01 · 2025
Injectable Hydrogel Electrodes to Prevent Ventricular Arrhythmias
Injectable Hydrogel Electrodes to Prevent Ventricular Arrhythmias In the United States, sudden cardiac death accounts for 350,000 deaths per year with the leading cause being lethal ventricular arrhythmias. The underlying electrophysiologic derangement mechanistically responsible for ventricular arrhythmias is delayed conduction velocity in scarred or otherwise diseased myocardium. Access to the smaller vessels and tributaries that cross over scarred region of the heart could provide improved pacing; however, there are no pacing leads small enough to navigate these smaller tributaries. In this research, we propose a novel method to treat and manage ventriculararrhythmias – developmentof a…
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