Multicenter experience with extraction of the Sprint Fidelis implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 646-650

  Maytin, Melanie ^a   Love, Charles J ^b   Fischer, Avi ^c   Carrillo, Roger G ^d   Garisto, Juan D ^d   Bongiorni, Maria Grazia ^e   Segreti, Luca ^e   John, Roy M ^a   Michaud, Gregory F ^a   Albert, Christine M ^a   Epstein, Laurence M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

countertraction sheath assistance; CTS; ICD; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; interquartile range; IQR

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77955713825     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.058     Document Type: Article

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