Pooled Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Video Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Implantable Cardiac Devices
Table 2
Pooled results of the 16 studies included in the analysis [5ā20].
Type of Device
Total Number of cardiac devices (n)
Cardiac devices brand
VCE brand
Cardiac Outcome
Quality of transmitted images
PPM
487
Medtronic (77) Guidant (54) St Jude Medical (26) Biotronik (12) Vitatron (8) ELA Sorin (3) Boston scientific (1) No specification (306)
PillCam (431) EndoCapsule (33) MiroCam (3) No specification (20)
No adverse cardiac events No cardiac device malfunction 1 case had some atrial and ventricular premature contractions without clinical symptoms
4 cases of VCE interference with telemetry leads leading to few images loss 1 case showed low capsule signal resulting in transient lack of localization of the capsule without images loss (PillCam with ELA Sorin)
ICD
162
Medtronic (15) St Jude (13) Guidant (10) Boston scientific (7) ELA Sorin (2) Biotronik (1) No specification (114)
PillCam (147) EndoCapsule (8) MiroCam (3) No specification (4)
No adverse cardiac events No cardiac device malfunction 1 case had some atrial and ventricular premature contractions without clinical symptoms
2 cases of VCE interference with telemetry leads leading to few images loss
LVAD
86
Thoratec HeartMate II (35) HeartWare (3) No specification (48)
PillCam (52) No specification (34)
No adverse cardiac events No cardiac device malfunction
5 cases of possible interference leading to images loss/artifact when VCE was near the device
Permanent Pacemaker (PPM); Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD); Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD); Video Capsule Endoscopy (VCE).