Pacemaker lead complications: when is extraction appropriate and what can we learn from published data?
Bracke
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Department of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, PO Box 1350, 5602 ZA Eindhoven, Netherlands. f.bracke@skynet.be
Meijer
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van Gelder
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D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy