title: Interelectrode (Accufix) lead fracture.
abstract: An interelectrode fracture was diagnosed 7 years after the implantation of an Accufix lead. The lead body separated from the tip with the helix screwed into the atrial wall. The retention wire was intact and may have contributed to the lead rupture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nord, France.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Trigano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Julienne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferracci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paganelli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fekhar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ricard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004868:Equipment Failure; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012804:Sick Sinus Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*