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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 55, 888-892, Copyright © 1993 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Long-term complications of implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead systems

GH Almassi, GN Olinger, JN Wetherbee and G Fehl
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.

Over a period of 8.5 years in 255 patients with full-system implantable cardioverter defibrillators, lead-specific complications requiring reoperation developed in 32 patients. A total of 36 leads were affected. Lead fracture was the cause of failure in half of these patients. Refinement and improvement in structural designs of these leads, use of endocardial leads, and attention to technical details during implantation should decrease the incidence of these complications.

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