All patients having an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) implanted and having follow-up at the Cantonal Hospital Lucerne (LUKS), the investigator center, are included in this retrospective ICD lead registry from 2006 onwards. Data is collected prospectively from december 2016 onwards. After certain ICD-leads tended to fail early the investigators aimed for a registry monitoring our patient population with defibrillator leads and evaluating their long-term performance.
All patients having an ICD implanted and having follow-up at the investigators center are included in this retrospective ICD lead registry from 2006 onwards. Data is collected prospectively from december 2016 onwards. After certain ICD-leads tended to fail early the investigators aimed for a registry monitoring our patient population with defibrillator leads and evaluating their long-term performance. The following parameters will be measured during regular clinical controls: electronic impedances, threshold values, sensing values, battery performance, inadequate/adequate shock release und software problems
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,000
observation of long-term performance of defibrillator leads
Luzerner Heart Centre
Lucerne, Switzerland
RECRUITINGperformance of lead impedance
electronic impedances in Ω
Time frame: regular clinical controls within 10 years
performance of lead threshold
threshold values in V
Time frame: during regular clinical controls within 10 years
performance of lead sensing
sensing values in millivolt (mV)
Time frame: during regular clinical controls within 10 years
lead parameters
battery performance in %
Time frame: during regular clinical controls within 10 years
performance of defibrillator
inadequate/adequate shock release in numbers
Time frame: during regular clinical controls within 10 years
control system of defibrillator
software problems in numbers and descriptive
Time frame: during regular clinical controls within 10 years
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