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Clinical Experience with 910 Carbon Tip Leads: Comparison with Polished Platinum Leads
Author(s) -
MUGICA JACQUES,
HENRY L.,
ATTUEL PATRICK,
LAZARUS B.,
DUCONGE ROBERT
Publication year - 1986
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.1540-8159.1986.tb06700.x
Subject(s) - platinum , medicine , carbon fibers , electrode , lead (geology) , composite material , materials science , biochemistry , chemistry , composite number , catalysis , geomorphology , geology
Since 1980, we have implanted 910 carbon tip leads from three different manufacturers. The pacing thresholds from these leads were compared to those of standard polished platinum electrode configurations. Our major findings are that while acute voltage thresholds are not significantly different, two of the three carbon tip leads that we used in the study have statistically lower chronic thresholds then polished platinum leads (p ≤ 0.01).