| Literature DB >> 25696690 |
F A Bracke, A Meijer, B van Gelder.
Abstract
In the last few years, comprehensive endovascular techniques have been developed to extract chronically implanted pacemaker and defibrillator leads. It is important that referring physician have knowledge of the advantages and limitations of the different techniques. In this paper we discuss the techniques and results of the currently used endovascular extraction techniques.Entities:
Keywords: defibrillator; implanted; laser; lead extraction; pacemaker; review
Year: 2001 PMID: 25696690 PMCID: PMC2499567
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neth Heart J ISSN: 1568-5888 Impact factor: 2.380