Usefulness of the evolution mechanical dilator sheath for endocardial lead extraction - Preliminary results

Postepy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 59-65

  Przybylski, Andrzej ^a   Syska, Paweł ^a   Orȩziak, Artur ^a   Macia̧g, Aleksander ^a   Sterliński, Maciej ^a   Kuśmierski, Krzysztof ^a   Kuśmierczyk, Mariusz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacemakers; Implantable cardioverter defibrillators; Lead extraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIAL LEAD EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POLAND; SAFETY;

EID: 77954755209     PISSN: 17349338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/pwki.2010.14164     Document Type: Article

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