VERSA^™
Pacing System

Versatile and Automatic

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Pacing Redefined, The New Standard

The new standard of care in pacing is to reduce unnecessary right ventricular pacing to as close to zero as possible. Mounting evidence suggests that right ventricular pacing is associated with a variety of detrimental effects, including risk of heart failure hospitalization and atrial fibrillation.¹

The Versa pacing system combines physiologic pacing with automaticity.

Search AV™+ Promotes Intrinsic Conduction

• Search AV+ (SAV+) automatically and continuously searches for natural intrinsic conduction
• SAV+ reduces unnecessary right ventricular pacing to less than 20%*²

Risk of Heart Failure Hospitalization¹(HFH)

RV pacing > 40% of the time in DDDR mode was associated with a 2.6-fold increased risk of HFH compared with pacing < 40%.¹

Completely Automatic—Simple to Use

Atrial Capture Management and Ventricular Capture Management (ACM and VCM )

• Provide complete long-term threshold management automatically
• Ensure pacing outputs remain at safe levels³
• Adapts programmed outputs to actively manage battery current drain

TherapyGuide

• Simplifies and tailors programming
• Provides suggested device settings based on physician-selected patient conditions

Quick Look™ II

• Simplifies clinic follow-up with all key information on one screen
• Provides concise overview of patient, device, and lead status

Cardiac Compass Trends

Concise information to:

• Identify atrial arrhythmias
• Make key therapy decisions (e.g., titrating medications)
• Monitor results of therapy changes

Therapeutic Options for AT/AF

Pacing therapies that may help manage tachyarrhythmias and may help alleviate symptoms:

• Post Mode Switch Overdrive Pacing (PMOP)
• Conducted AF Response

Medtronic CareLink^® Network for Pacemakers

Now available! Medtronic CareLink^® Network, the leading Internet-based remote monitoring service, is available for pacemakers.

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*Median number

References

1. Sweeney M, Hellkamp A, Ellenbogen K, et al. Adverse effect of ventricular pacing on heart failure and atrial fibrillation among patients with normal baseline QRS duration in a clinical trial of pacemaker therapy for sinus node dysfunction. Circulation. 2003;107:2932-2937.
2. Melzer C, Sowelam S, Sheldon T, et al. Reduction of right ventricular pacing in patients with sinus node dysfunction using an enhanced search AV algorithm. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2005;28(6):521-527.
3. Sperzel J, Milasinovic G, Smith TW, et al. Automatic measurement of atrial pacing thresholds in dual-chamber pacemakers: Clinical experience with atrial capture management. Heart Rhythm. 2005;2(11):1203-1210.

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