Extraction of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator leads: A single-centre study of electrosurgical and laser extraction

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1501-1504

  Scott, Paul A ^a,b   Chow, Whitney ^a   Ellis, Elizabeth ^a   Morgan, John M ^a,b   Roberts, Paul R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diathermy; Electrophysiology; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Laser; Lead extraction; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIATHERMY; ELECTROSURGERY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER LEAD EXTRACTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71049177346     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup263     Document Type: Article

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