January 1, 1999Current Opinion in Cardiology

Extraction of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator leads

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Population

Patients requiring extraction of chronic pacemaker and defibrillator leads due to infection, malfunction, or…

Design

Review

Authors

BKBharat K. KanthariaIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai SKSteven P. KutalekEmory University

Discussion

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Implication

Updates lead extraction approaches for device clinicians; leaves open need for prospective outcome data and standardized protocols.

Structured PICO

Population

Patients requiring extraction of chronic pacemaker and defibrillator leads due to infection, malfunction, or design defects

Intervention

Lead extraction techniques including transvenous approach using locking stylets, sheaths, snares, retrieval baskets, intravascular countertraction, and Excimer laser energy

This review discusses the principles and evolving techniques for the extraction of chronically implanted pacemaker and defibrillator leads.

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Kantharia et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a882bff3fe66a1452bc03f5 https://doi.org/10.1097/00001573-199901000-00008

Topics

Cardiac device therapy

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