Successful laser-assisted percutaneous extraction of four pacemaker leads associated with large vegetations

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1260-1262

  Nguyen, Khanh Trang ^a   Neese, Paul ^a   Kessler, David J ^a,b  

^a Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Extraction; Laser; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; LASER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033841096     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00940.x     Document Type: Article

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