Quantifying risk after transvenous lead extraction

Thomas D Callahan 4th^{1

2}, David O Martin¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Editorial

Thomas D Callahan 4th et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;31(5):1163-1165.

doi: 10.1111/jce.14435. Epub 2020 Mar 16.

Thomas D Callahan 4th^{1

2}, David O Martin¹

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

No abstract available

Keywords: infection; lead extraction; mortality; risk score.

Comment on

Predictors of short-term mortality in patients undergoing a successful uncomplicated extraction procedure.
Milman A, Zahavi G, Meitus A, Kariv S, Shafir Y, Glikson M, Luria D, Beinart R, Nof E. Milman A, et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2020 May;31(5):1155-1162. doi: 10.1111/jce.14436. Epub 2020 Mar 13. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2020. PMID: 32141635

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