Do small (6.6 Fr.) active and passive fixation defibrillation leads perform as well as larger sized leads? A multi-centre analysis

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 657-661

  Küpper, Bernhard ^a,i   Yee, Raymond ^b   O'Hara, Gilles ^c   Simpson, Chris S ^d   Bella, Paolo Della ^e   Workel, Martin ^f   Hull, Michael ^g   Heuer, H ^h  

^a Schuchtermann Klinik   (Germany)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^f MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^h ST JOHANNES HOSPITAL   (Germany)

ⁱ Abteilung Kardiologie/Angiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defibillation lead; Dual coil; Electrical performance; ICD; Lead handling; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; VEIN OCCLUSION;

CANADA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 34547952842     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum123     Document Type: Article

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