Premature failure of a riata defibrillator lead without impedance change or inappropriate sensing: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1070-1072

  Krebsbach, Angela ^a   Alhumaid, Fawaz ^a   Henrikson, Charles A ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a   Berger, Ronald D ^a   Cheng, Alan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

biventricular pacing; ICD; lead failure; riata lead

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOANALYZER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR LEAD; DEVICE FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPLANTATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052834751     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02042.x     Document Type: Review

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