A report using a hybrid ICD system: the need for compatibility among implanted defibrillator components.
The successful implantation of an ICD system with hardware from three different manufacturers is described. This case exemplifies the need for compatibility of components among different manufacturers. This is most relevant at a time when rapidly changing technology and hardware availability may require a mixing, by informed practitioners, of ICD system components. The parallel to the development of the uniform IS-1 standard for bradycardia devices is made.
Newman
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Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dorian
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Yao
J
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Hart
J
J
Hardy
J
J
D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged