Safety of transvenous lead extraction according to centre volume: A systematic review andmeta-analysis

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1496-1507

  Di Monaco, Antonio ^a   Pelargonio, Gemma ^a   Narducci, Maria Lucia ^a   Manzoli, Lamberto ^b   Boccia, Stefania ^a   Flacco, Maria Elena ^b   Capasso, Lorenzo ^b   Barone, Lucy ^a   Perna, Francesco ^a   Bencardino, Gianluigi ^a   Rio, Teresa ^a   Leo, Milena ^a   Di Biase, Luigi ^c,d,e   Santangeli, Pasquale ^e,f   Natale, Andrea ^c   Rebuzzi, Antonio Giuseppe ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^f HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac device infection; Cardiac device malfunction; Cardiac endocarditis; Centre volume; Transvenous lead extraction

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEFIBRILLATOR PACEMAKER; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOCARDITIS; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVENOUS LEAD EXTRACTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; VEIN;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; VEINS;

EID: 84911993568     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu137     Document Type: Review

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