Laser-assisted lead extraction: The European experience

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 651-656

  Kennergren, Charles ^a   Bucknall, C A ^b   Butter, C ^c   Charles, R ^d   Fuhrer, J ^e   Grosfeld, M ^f   Tavernier, R ^g   Morgado, T B ^h   Mortensen, P ⁱ   Paul, V ^j   Richter, P ^k   Schwartz, T ^l   Wellens, F ^m  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Broadgreen Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^h HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^j ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k Stadt Närnberg Klinikum   (Germany)

^l KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^m OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Excimer; Extraction; ICD leads; Laser pacemaker leads; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

LIPID; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DEFIBRILLATOR; ENDOCARDITIS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EUROPE; EXCIMER LASER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 34547945157     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum098     Document Type: Article

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