Extraction of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator leads: Patient and lead characteristics in relation to the requirement of extraction tools

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1037-1040

  Bracke, Frank ^a   Meijer, Albert ^a   Van Gelder, Berry ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Implantable defibrillator; Laser; Lead extraction; Pacemaker; Technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION RATE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PACEMAKER; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036316191     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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