Riata lead failure presenting as a life-threatening electrical storm: A novel manifestation of electrical lead failure

The Riata and Riata ST family of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads are prone to a unique type of structural failure involving exteriorization of the conductor cables, which may present as electrical failure. We report a mode of lead failure that occurred in a patient with a Riata 1570 ser...

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Main Authors: Jayaprakash Shenthar, MD, DM, FACC, Somasekhar Ghanta, MD, DM, Maneesh K. Rai, MD, DM, Rohit Walia, MD, DM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1880427614000374