Effect of insulation material in aging pacing leads: Comparison of impedance and other electricals: Time-dependent pacemaker insulation changes

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-57

  Johnson, W Ben ^a   Braly, Alan ^b   Cobian, Kenneth ^b   Craig, Mary B ^a   Voegtlin, Loline ^b   Haddad, Tarek ^b   McVenes, Rick ^b  

^a IOWA HEART CENTER   (United States)

^b Medtronic   (United States)

Author keywords

impedance; leads; polyurethane; random effects model; reliability; silicone

Indexed keywords

LEAD; POLYURETHAN; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INSULATION MATERIAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; R WAVE; TIME;

COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855882035     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03230.x     Document Type: Article

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