Reliability of coated wire defibrillation leads

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1 II, 1999, Pages 174-178

  Tyers, G Frank O ^a,c   Sanders, Richard ^b   Jacqmein, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Intermedics Inc   (United States)

^c Division of Cardiovascular Surgery   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complications; Defibrillator lead reliability; Failures

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0032903906     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00327.x     Document Type: Article

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