Journal article
Insight into the mechanism of failure of the Riata lead under advisory
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cable externalization and insulation abrasion are known to occur with the St Jude Medical Riata leads under advisory. The distribution of these abnormalities and how they relate to clinical presentation have not been well described.
OBJECTIVE: In this study, we sought to determine the relationship between structural lead failure and clinical presentation by using the analysis of returned Riata products in Canada.
Authors
Parkash R; Tung S; Champagne J; Healey JS; Thibault B; Cameron D; Tang A; Connors S; Beardsall M; Mangat I
Journal
Heart Rhythm, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 574–579
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.12.002
ISSN
1547-5271