BIOTRONIK Evia DR, Technical Manual

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Evia Technical Manual 151
Source Cause Possible Effect
Leads Displacement,
fracture, loss of
insulation
integrity.
Intermittent or continuous
loss of capture and/or
sensing; excessive current
drain; early battery
depletion.
Cardiac
perforation
The above plus cardiac
tamponade; muscle or nerve
stimulation.
Myocardial
irritability at time
of insertion, e.g.,
from an acute
myocardial
infarction Fibrillation
Patient Threshold
Elevation
Loss of capture and/or
sensing.
Normal medical
complication Infection
Body rejection
phenomena Fluid accumulation;
migration; erosion.
Misc. Unipolar pacing
systems
Inhibition of pulse generator
due to sensing of skeletal
muscle activity.
Physician
preference
Upgrade to bipolar, dual
chamber, rate-adaptive pulse
generator, etc.
Introducer
caused Air embolism or
pneumothorax.