Safety and effectiveness of transvenous lead extraction in octogenarians

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1103-1108

  Pelargonio, Gemma ^a   Narducci, Maria L ^a,c   Russo, Eleonora ^a   Casella, Michela ^b   Santangeli, Pasquale ^d   Canby, Robert ^d   Al Ahmad, Amin ^e   Price, Larry D ^d   Biase, Luigi Di ^d   Kwark, Candice J ^e   Harwood, Mark ^e   Perna, Francesco ^a   Bencardino, Gianluigi ^a   Ierardi, Carolina ^a   Trecarichi, Enrico M ^a   Santelli, Enrica ^a   Tumbarello, Mario ^a   Mohanty, Prasant ^d   Bailey, Shane ^d   Burkhardt, John David ^d   Bellocci, Fulvio ^a   Natale, Andrea ^d   Russo, Antonio Dello ^b   more..

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; infection; lead extraction; octogenarians; pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEAD MAFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSVENOUS LEAD EXTRACTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867741186     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02372.x     Document Type: Article

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