Fidelis Replacement: Can We Abandon With Reckless Abandon?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Section of Electrophysiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire. Electronic address: emily.p.zeitler@hitchcock.org.
² Department of Cardiology and Section of Electrophysiology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina.

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Emily P Zeitler et al. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2019 Sep.

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. 2019 Sep;5(9):1068-1070.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2019.08.006.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Section of Electrophysiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire. Electronic address: emily.p.zeitler@hitchcock.org.
² Department of Cardiology and Section of Electrophysiology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina.

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Keywords: advisory; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; lead extraction; lead management.

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A Strategy of Lead Abandonment in a Large Cohort of Patients With Sprint Fidelis Leads.
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