Broken leads with proximal endings in the cardiovascular system: Serious consequences and extraction difficulties

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-169

  Kutarski, Andrzej ^a   Małecka, Barbara ^b   Zabek, Andrzej ^a   Pietura, Radosław ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny Im Jana Pawła II   (Poland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Broken leads; Extraction of migrating leads; Pacing complication; Venous occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVENOUS LEAD EXTRACTION; VEIN OCCLUSION; VERY ELDERLY;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS;

EID: 84885213524     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: 1898018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.2013.0029     Document Type: Article

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