Use of a laser sheath to obtain venous access in pacemaker lead-related obstruction without extraction of the lead

Europace

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-68

  Bracke, F A L E ^a   Meijer, A ^a   van Gelder, L M ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Laser; Pacemaker; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODE; EXCIMER LASER; EXTRACTION; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ARRHYTHMIA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN;

EID: 0036461560     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2001.0200     Document Type: Article

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