Injectable hydrogel electrodes as conduction highways to restore native pacing

Gabriel J. Rodriguez-Rivera, Allison Post, Mathews John, Skylar Buchan, Drew Bernard, Mehdi Razavi () and Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez ()
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Gabriel J. Rodriguez-Rivera: The University of Texas at Austin
Allison Post: Texas Heart Institute
Mathews John: Texas Heart Institute
Skylar Buchan: Texas Heart Institute
Drew Bernard: Texas Heart Institute
Mehdi Razavi: Texas Heart Institute
Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez: The University of Texas at Austin

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract There is an urgent clinical need for a treatment regimen that addresses the underlying pathophysiology of ventricular arrhythmias, the leading cause of sudden cardiac death. The current report describes the design of an injectable hydrogel electrode and successful deployment in a pig model with access far more refined than any current pacing modalities allow. In addition to successful cardiac capture and pacing, analysis of surface ECG tracings and three-dimensional electroanatomic mapping revealed a QRS morphology comparable to native sinus rhythm, strongly suggesting the hydrogel electrode captures the deep septal bundle branches and Purkinje fibers. In an ablation model, electroanatomic mapping data demonstrated that the activation wavefront from the hydrogel reaches the mid-myocardium and endocardium much earlier than current single-point pacing modalities. Such uniform activation of broad swaths of tissue enables an opportunity to minimize the delayed myocardial conduction of heterogeneous tissue that underpins re-entry. Collectively, these studies demonstrate the feasibility of a new pacing modality that most closely resembles native conduction with the potential to eliminate lethal re-entrant arrhythmias and provide painless defibrillation.

Date: 2024
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