Transvenous Lead Extraction: Heart Rhythm Society Expert Consensus on Facilities, Training, Indications, and Patient Management. This document was endorsed by the American Heart Association (AHA)

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1085-1104

  Wilkoff, Bruce L ^a   Love, Charles J ^b   Byrd, Charles L ^c   Bongiorni, Maria Grazia ^d   Carrillo, Roger G ^e   Crossley III, George H ^f   Epstein, Laurence M ^g   Friedman, Richard A ^h,l   Kennergren, Charles E H ⁱ   Mitkowski, Przemyslaw ^j   Schaerf, Raymond H M ^k   Wazni, Oussama M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Broward General Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^k Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

^l AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOCARDITIS; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART PACING; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSVENOUS LEAD EXTRACTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CONSENSUS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 67549100824     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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