Why the study?
Do specific endocardial pacemaker lead designs reduce the frequency of displacement?
Population
Patients receiving endocardial pacemaker leads
Comparison
Medtronic types 5818, 6904, 6901, and 6950, and… vs Comparison among the 5 types of leads
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10 years
Authors
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May inform lead selection to minimize displacement; hypothesis-generating pending randomized confirmation.
Do specific endocardial pacemaker lead designs reduce the frequency of displacement?
Medtronic 5818 and 6950, and CPI 4210 pacemaker leads demonstrate superior performance in reducing lead displacement over a 10-year period.
Brewster et al. (1979) studied this question.
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