Comparison of longevity and clinical outcomes of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads among manufacturers

Heart Rhythm : the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society
Satoshi KawadaHiroshi Ito

Abstract

An early failure of the Biotronik Linox S/SD implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) lead has been reported. We have also experienced several cases with early failure of Linox leads. Our aim was to assess the longevity of Linox S/SD (Biotronik, Berlin, Germany) compared with Sprint Fidelis (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN), Sprint Quattro (Medtronic), and Endotak Reliance (Boston Scientific, Natick, Massachusetts) leads. We retrospectively reviewed patients who had undergone implantation of Linox S/SD (n = 90), Sprint Fidelis (n = 37), Sprint Quattro (n = 27), or Endotak Reliance (n = 50) leads between June 2000 and December 2013 at our hospital. Variables associated with lead failure were assessed by the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox survival modeling. Failure rates of Linox, Sprint Fidelis, and Endotak leads were 3.2%/year (7-year survival rate, 81.0%), 3.4%/year (7-year survival rate, 77.2%), and 0.61%/year (7-year survival rate, 95.8%), respectively. No lead failure was found with Sprint Quattro leads. The survival probability of Linox leads was significantly lower than that of Endotak leads (P = .049) and comparable to that of Sprint Fidelis leads (P = .69). In univariate analysis, age was the only predictor of Linox lead fa...Continue Reading

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