1. Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 474-477 (April 2009)
Utilization of a national network for rapid response to the Medtronic Fidelis lead advisory: The Canadian Heart Rhythm Society Device Advisory Committee 
Andrew D. Krahn, MD, Christopher S. Simpson, MD, Ratika Parkash, MD, Raymond Yee, MD, Jean Champagne, MD, Jeffrey S. Healey, MD, Doug Cameron, MD, Bernard Thibault, MD, Iqwal Mangat, MD, Stanley Tung, MD, Laurence Sterns, MD, David H. Birnie, MD, Derek V. Exner, MD, Soori Sivakumaran, MD, Ted Davies, MD, Benoit Coutu, MD, Eugene Crystal, MD, Kevin Wolfe, MD, Atul Verma, MD, Elizabeth A. Stephenson, MD, Shubhayan Sanatani, MD, Robert Gow, MD, Sean Connors, MD, Felix Ayala Paredes, MD, PhD, Michael Turabian, MD, Teresa Kus, MD, Martin Gardner, MD, Vidal Essebag, MD, PhD 
Heart Rhythm 
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2. Figure 1
Failure rate of Fidelis ICD leads in 6,215 patients in the CHRS Device Advisory Committee registry compared to 21,500 patients in the Medtronic CareLink remote follow-up (7,055 leads followed to 27–30 months) and 754 patients in the Surveillance Lead Study (SLS) chronic implanted lead study (208 leads followed to 27–30 months).
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3. Figure 2
Increase in failure rate with time measured in failures per month reported during four follow-up periods (P <.0001). The first period involved 81 patients, the second period 40 patients, the third period 79 patients, and the fourth period 43 patients.
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4. Figure 3
Incidence of presentation with inappropriate shocks in the four time periods diminishes with time (P = .0003). The first period involved 81 patients, the second period 40 patients, the third period 79 patients, and the fourth period 43 patients.
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