Long-term follow-up of transvenous defibrillation leads - High incidence of fracture in coaxial polyurethane lead

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-277

  Kitamura, Satoko ^a   Satomi, Kazuhiro ^a   Kurita, Takashi ^a   Shimizu, Wataru ^a   Suyama, Kazuhiro ^a   Aihara, Naohiko ^a   Niwaya, Kazuo ^a   Kobayashi, Junjiro ^a   Kamakura, Shiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Follow up; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Lead failure; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN;

ADULT; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC WIRING; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYURETHANES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644588727     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.273     Document Type: Article

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