Morphologic and immunohistochemical observations of tissues surrounding retrieved transvenous pacemaker leads

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 548-558

  Esposito, Marco ^a   Kennergren, Charles ^a   Holmström, Nils ^b   Nilsson, Susanne ^b   Eckerdal, Johan ^b   Thomsen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b St Jude Medical AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Fibrinogen; Immunohistochemistry; Laser extraction; Pacemakers

Indexed keywords

LEADS;

ANTIGENS; CELLS; PATIENT MONITORING; TISSUE;

PACEMAKERS;

ANTIBODY; CD34 ANTIGEN; FIBRINOGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEART PACING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PACEMAKER; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POLYMERS;

EID: 0036380363     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.10306     Document Type: Article

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