Difficult dual stage transcutaneous lead extraction complicated by fracture of both leads

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 412-417

  Kutarski, Andrzej ^a   Pietura, Radosław ^a   Czajkowski, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Basket catheter; Extracted lead fracture; Femoral approach for lead extraction; Lead extraction; Usability

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AORTA SINUS ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; METAL EXTRACTION; METAL IMPLANTATION; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REOPERATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETERS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864033845     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.2012.0074     Document Type: Article

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