How to prevent, recognize, and manage complications of lead extraction. Part II: Avoiding lead extraction-Noninfectious issues

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1221-1223

  Henrikson, Charles A ^a   Brinker, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead extraction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMBOLISM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; LEAD; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48049098224     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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