Sensing failure associated with the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis defibrillator lead

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-274

  Kenigsberg, David N ^a   Mirchandani, Sunil ^b   Dover, Amanda N ^c   Kowalski, Marcin ^a   Wood, Mark A ^a   Shepard, Richard K ^a   Kalahasty, Gautham ^a   Stein, Kenneth M ^b   Markowitz, Steven M ^b   Iwai, Sei ^b   Shah, Bindi K ^b   Lerman, Bruce B ^b   Mittal, Suneet ^b,d   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Implantable devices; Lead implantation; Lead revision; Pacing threshold; Sensing threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39749143934     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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