The Needle's Eye Snare as a primary tool for pacing lead extraction

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1007-1012

  Bracke, Frank A ^a   Dekker, Lukas ^a   Van Gelder, Berry M ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Femoral approach; Lead extraction; Needle's Eye Snare; Pacemaker lead

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC EQUIPMENT; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LEAD EXTRACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE EYE SNARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMORAL APPROACH; LEAD EXTRACTION; NEEDLE'S EYE SNARE; PACEMAKER LEAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PUNCTURES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879566058     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus426     Document Type: Article

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