A European perspective on lead extraction: Part I

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 160-162

  Kennergren, Charles ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Extraction technique; Lead endocarditis; Lead extraction; Pocket infection; Superfluous lead

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEAD;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CAUTERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART PACING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFECTION RISK; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES; EUROPE; HUMANS;

EID: 37549023768     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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