electrical impedance monitoring has only limited effectiveness in preventing adverse clinical events, specifically inappropriate shocks, resulting from fracture of ICD leads.
Kallis
James M
JM
D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000628:therapy*