Successful removal of a jugular implantable defibrillator lead with mechanical single-sheath technique

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Calvagna, Giuseppe M ^a   Evola, Rosario ^a   Scardace, Giuseppe ^b   Valsecchi, Sergio ^b  

^a San Vincenzo Hospital   (Italy)

^b Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

extraction; implantable defibrillator; infection; jugular

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEVER; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MECHANICAL SINGLE SHEATH TECHNIQUE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STREPTOLYSIN TITER; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866170079     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03109.x     Document Type: Article

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