How adequate are the current methods of lead extraction? A review of the efficiency and safety of transvenous lead extraction methods

Europace

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 689-700

  Buiten, Maurits S ^a   Van Der Heijden, Aafke C ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Van Erven, Lieselot ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac implantable devices; Extraction tools; Transvenous lead extractions

Indexed keywords

ARM SWELLING; AVULSION INJURY; BLEEDING; CARDIAC AVULSION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; EXTRACTION; HEMATOMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; TRANSVENOUS LEAD EXTRACTION; VASCULAR AVULSION; WEB OF SCIENCE; WOUND INFECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICES; HEART PACING; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929240939     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu378     Document Type: Review

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