title: Initial experience with a laser sheath to extract chronic transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads.
abstract: This is the first study of the use of a laser sheath to remove chronic transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads. A 16Fr laser sheath was used to extract 14 leads from 11 patients, 6 of whom had undergone failed previous extraction attempts using conventional tools.
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy