Open AccessExtraction of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator leads: a single-centre study of electrosurgical and laser extraction
Author(s) -
Paul A. Scott,
W Chow,
Edward Ellis,
John M. Morgan,
Paul R. Roberts
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/eup263
Subject(s) - medicine , tamponade , surgery , pericardial effusion , fluoroscopy , laser , ablation , retrospective cohort study , physics , optics
Both electrosurgical dissection (EDS) and laser tools are effective in the extraction of chronic implanted endovascular leads. It is unclear which is superior. We undertook a retrospective single-centre study to assess this.
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