title: Usefulness of a peelaway sheath introducer with a splittable hemostatic valve for placement of permanent pacemaker lead.
abstract: One hundred and twenty-two permanent pacemaker lead placements were performed by two physicians, utilizing a recently released peelaway sheath introducer with a splittable hemostatic valve. All introducers performed well and provided convenient bloodless surgical fields, as expected from the presence of a valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Harbor City Kaiser Medical Center, CA 90710, USA.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial