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Publication year: 2010
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology, Volume 105, Issue 1, 1 January 2010, Pages 95-99
Brett A., Faulknier , Darren M., Traub , Mehmet K., Aktas , Alian, Aguila , Spencer, Rosero , …

The Medtronic Sprint Fidelis leads (models 6930, 6931, 6948, 6949) are 6.6-F bipolar high-voltage implantable cardioverter–defibrillator electrodes that were first introduced in September 2004. In October 2007, Fidelis leads were removed from the market. We sought to determine the time-dependent hazard of the Fidelis failure rate to date. A retrospective chart review was conducted in all patients who underwent implantation of a Sprint Fidelis lead (426 leads) at our center. We primarily implanted models 6931 and 6949. With 1,056 years of combined follow-up (average 2.3 ± 1), 38 of 426 (8.92%) Sprint Fidelis leads failed (3.6%/year). The hazard of fracture…

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