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Pseudo Fracture of a Defibrillating Lead
Author(s) -
KRATZ JOHN M.,
SCHABEL STEPHEN,
LEMAN ROBERT M.
Publication year - 1995
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.1540-8159.1995.tb04652.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fracture (geology) , lead (geology) , nuclear medicine , geotechnical engineering , geology , geomorphology
Routine follow‐up chest X my of several patients with the Endotak™ transvenous pacing lead suggested fracture of the conductor at the distal end of the proximal defibrillating coil. Electrical evaluation of these patients' leads demonstrated them to be working normally. Multiple x‐ray views of a new undamaged lead demonstrated that in some projections the Endotak lead may appear fractured in spite of normal continuity of the conductors. Physicians dealing with these patients should be aware of this confusing x‐ray finding.