title: High mid-term mortality following successful lead extraction for infection.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. chenriks@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Henrikson
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Brinker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D020878:Device Removal / Q000401:mortality*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome