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Fluoroscopic and Electrical Assessment of a Series of Defibrillation Leads: Prevalence of Externalized Conductors

Vivek Kodoth, Emily Hodkinson, R Noad, Kyle Ashfield, NICHOLAS A. CROMIE, David McEneaney, Carol M. Wilson, Michael J. Roberts

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology · 2012 · 29 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

A significant proportion (15%) of patients with a Riata lead had an insulation breach 4 years after implantation. High-resolution fluoroscopic imaging in at least two orthogonal views is required to identify this abnormality.

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Transvenous Lead Extraction: Heart Rhythm Society Expert Consensus on Facilities, Training, Indications, and Patient Management

Bruce L. Wilkoff, Charles J. Love, CHARLES L. BYRD et al. · Heart Rhythm · 2009 · 1K citations

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Annual Rate of Transvenous Defibrillation Lead Defects in Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Over a Period of >10 Years

Thomas Kleemann, Torsten Becker, Klaus Doenges et al. · Circulation · 2007 · 622 citations

Increasing hazard of Sprint Fidelis implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead failure

Robert G. Hauser, David L. Hayes · Heart Rhythm · 2009 · 148 citations

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Insulation Defects of Thin High-Voltage ICD Leads:

Damir Erkapic, Gábor Zoltán Duray, Tamás Bauernfeind et al. · Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology · 2011 · 81 citations

Performance of the St. Jude Medical Riata Leads

Andrew E. Epstein, James H. Baker, Scott L. Beau et al. · Heart Rhythm · 2008 · 62 citations

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