Pacemaker lead extraction with the laser sheath: Results of the pacing lead extraction with the excimer sheath (PLEXES) trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1671-1676

  Wilkoff, Bruce L ^a   Byrd, Charles L ^b   Love, Charles J ^c   Hayes, David L ^d   Sellers, T Duncan ^e   Schaerf, Raymond ^f   Parsonnet, Victor ^g   Epstein, Laurence M ^h   Sorrentino, Robert A ⁱ   Reiser, Christopher ^j  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Broward General Medical Center   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e Memorial Hospital Central   (United States)

^f Saint Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

^g NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Spectranetics   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, LASER; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS;

EID: 0033133418     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00074-1     Document Type: Article

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