Failure of one conductor in a nonthoracotomy implantable defibrillator lead causing inappropriate sensing and potentially ineffective shock delivery.

We describe how a single defect in a new model transvenous lead for an implantable curdioverter defibrillator can result in mal-function of the sensing and defibrillation circuits. The patient had received shocks during atrial fibrillation without premonitory symptoms. At least one shock was deliver...

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Publicado en:Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 796 - 801
Autores principales: Epstein AE, Shepard RB
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Apr1993
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