Changes in pacing lead impedance over time predict lead failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 600-603

  Sharif, M Nabi ^b   Wyse, D George ^b   Rothschild, John M ^b   Gillis, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; TELEMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POLYURETHANES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0031654637     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00414-7     Document Type: Article

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