Attitude towards redundant leads and the practice of lead extractions: A European survey

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-276

  Van Erven, Liselot ^a   Morgan, John M ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Device; ICD; Lead extraction; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ENDOCARDIUM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER; METAL EXTRACTION; PACEMAKER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKILL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TRACTION THERAPY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EUROPE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 76749127678     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup443     Document Type: Short Survey

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