Explantation of Implantable Defibrillator Leads Using Open Heart Surgery or Percutaneous Techniques

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-55

  Camboni, Daniele ^a   Wollmann, Christian G ^a   Löher, Andreas ^a   Gradaus, Rainer ^a   Scheld, Hans Heinrich ^a   Schmid, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37249013842     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.048     Document Type: Article

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