Long-term results of high vs. normal impedance ventricular leads on actual (Real-Life) pacemaker generator longevity

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-205

  Etsadashvili, Kakhaber ^a   Hintringer, Florian ^a   Stühlinger, Markus ^a   Dichtl, Wolfgang ^a   Spuller, Karin ^a   Antretter, Herwig ^b   Hangler, Herbert ^b   Pachinger, Otmar ^a   Roithinger, Franz Xaver ^c   Berger, Thomas ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Chirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Current drain; Effective replacement time; High impedance; Pacemaker follow up; Pacemaker generator longevity; Ventricular lead

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERATOR; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LONGEVITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; RANDOMIZATION; SINUS NODE DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 59449109633     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun328     Document Type: Article

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