Surgical removal of infected pacemaker leads without cardiopulmonary bypass after failed extraction using the Excimer Laser Sheath Extraction System

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-98

  Tokunaga, Chiho ^a   Enomoto, Yoshiharu ^a   Sato, Fujio ^a   Kanemoto, Shinya ^a   Matsushita, Shonosuke ^a   Hiramatsu, Yuji ^a   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^a   Sakakibara, Yuzuru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excimer Laser Sheath Extraction System; Pacemaker lead infection; Perforation

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXCIMER LASER; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER ENDOCARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VEIN PERFORATION;

AGED; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858704055     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: 16190904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-011-0610-8     Document Type: Article

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