title: Transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads: the weakest link.
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Maisel
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics; D020878:Device Removal; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D013350:Subclavian Vein; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy