Open AccessShould all dysfunctional high-voltage leads be extracted? Results of a single-centre long-term registry
Author(s) -
F. Bode,
F. Himmel,
Michael Reppel,
Kai Mortensen,
Heribert Schunkert,
Uwe Wiegand
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/eus202
Subject(s) - medicine , dysfunctional family , term (time) , psychiatry , quantum mechanics , physics
A considerable number of lead defects occurs during long-term cardioverter defibrillator therapy. Evidence-based strategies for the handling of chronically implanted, non-functional high-voltage (HV) leads are mandatory.
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