The Sprint Fidelis implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) leads (Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA) were removed from the market in October 2007 because of the rate of pace-sense conductor fractures

Heart Rhythm. 2009 Jan;6(1):e6-7; author reply e7. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.11.027. Epub 2008 Nov 27.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / therapy*
  • Defibrillators, Implantable*
  • Electrodes, Implanted
  • Equipment Failure / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Marketing of Health Services / economics
  • Marketing of Health Services / statistics & numerical data*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • United States