One common mode of lead failure is insulation breach, which may result in myopotential noise and device malfunction. "Pseudo-unipolarization" of bipolar pacing stimuli, as observed from a routine 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) due to stimulus current leak, has been observed with insulation breaches.
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