Insulation lead failure: Is it a matter of insulation coating, venous approach, or both?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 418-421

  Antonelli, Dante ^a   Rosenfeld, Tiberio ^a   Freedberg, Nahum A ^b   Palma, Eugen ^a   Gross, Jay N ^b   Furman, Seymour ^b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead insulation failure; Polyurethane insulation leads; Silicone rubber insulation leads; Venous approach

Indexed keywords

POLYETHERURETHAN; POLYURETHAN; SILASTIC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONDUCTANCE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POLYURETHANES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; VENOUS CUTDOWN;

EID: 0031888479     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00066.x     Document Type: Article

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