Superior vena cava defibrillator coils make transvenous lead extraction more challenging and riskier

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 987-989

  Epstein, Laurence M ^a   Love, Charles J ^b   Wilkoff, Bruce L ^c   Chung, Mina K ^c   Hackler, Joseph W ^c   Bongiorni, Maria Grazia ^d   Segreti, Luca ^d   Carrillo, Roger G ^e   Baltodano, Pablo ^e   Fischer, Avi ^f   Kennergren, Charles ^g   Viklund, Roger ^g   Mittal, Suneet ^h   Arshad, Aysha ^h   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ⁱ   John, Roy M ^a   Maytin, Melanie ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DUAL COIL IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE COIL IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORACOTOMY; TRANSVENOUS LEAD EXTRACTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 84875433468     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.12.014     Document Type: Letter

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