Contralateral replacement of pacemaker and leads following laser sheath extraction and concomitant stenting for superior vena cava syndrome

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1131-1134

  Bakir, Ihsan ^a   La Meir, Marc ^a   Degrieck, Ivan ^a   Marien, Catherine ^a   Van Den Hauwe, Kristof ^a   Wellens, Francis ^a  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Lead extraction; Pacemaker infection; Superior vena cava syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CAVOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXCIMER LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INFECTION; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED;

DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; INFECTION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STENTS; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

EID: 33645258582     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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