A novel retrograde laser extraction technique using a transatrial approach an alternative for complex lead extractions

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 501-505

  Rodriguez, Yasser ^a   Garisto, Juan D ^a   Carrillo, Roger G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillators implantable; Lasers; Pacemakers; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSATRIAL RETROGRADE LASER LEAD EXTRACTION; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054017258     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.963462     Document Type: Article

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