Increasing hazard of Sprint Fidelis implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead failure

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 605-610

  Hauser, Robert G ^a   Hayes, David L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Lead failure; Reliability; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 64649087022     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.02.024     Document Type: Article

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