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Detachment of Pacemaker Active Fixation Helix
Author(s) -
DAWKINS KEITH D.,
JONES SUZANNE,
WARD DAVID E.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1983.tb05347.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fixation (population genetics) , cardiology , complication , surgery , environmental health , population
The introduction of active fixation electrodes has been a major advance in permanent atrial and ventricular endocardial pacing. We report here an important complication in the use of one such device, the Medtronic transvenous unipolar screw‐in ventricular lead (Model 6959).