Is the transvenous extraction of cardioverter - Defibrillator leads more hazardous than that of pacemaker leads?

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 884-890

  Małecka, Barbara ^a   Kutarski, Andrzej ^b   Grabowski, Marcin ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Complications of leads extraction; ICD lead removal; Transvenous leads extraction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DEFIBRILLATOR; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSVENOUS EXTRACTION;

EID: 77956812591     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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