Percutaneous extraction of a coiled, 20-year-old lead in a patient with cardiac resynchronization therapy

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-375

  Małecka, Barbara ^a   Kutarski, Andrzej ^b   Bednarek, Jacek ^a   Zabek, Andrzej ^a   Lelakowski, Jacek ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Percutaneous lead extraction; Permanent pacing

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; METAL EXTRACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55249125486     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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