2021 ESC guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization: what is the correct level of evidence for the superiority of cephalic vein cutdown? C, B or maybe A?-Author's reply

Christoph Starck¹, Michael Glikson^{2

3}, Jens C Nielsen^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
² Integrated Heart Center, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁴ Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus N, Denmarkand.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark.

Editorial

Christoph Starck et al. Europace. 2022.

. 2022 Apr 5;24(4):697.

doi: 10.1093/europace/euac002.

Christoph Starck¹, Michael Glikson^{2

3}, Jens C Nielsen^{4

5}

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
² Integrated Heart Center, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁴ Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus N, Denmarkand.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark.

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2021 ESC guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization: what is the correct level of evidence for the superiority of cephalic vein cutdown? C, B or maybe A?
Iliodromitis K, Deftereos SG, Bogossian H. Iliodromitis K, et al. Europace. 2022 Apr 5;24(4):697. doi: 10.1093/europace/euac001. Europace. 2022. PMID: 35061865 No abstract available.

2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Glikson M, Nielsen JC, Kronborg MB, Michowitz Y, Auricchio A, Barbash IM, Barrabés JA, Boriani G, Braunschweig F, Brignole M, Burri H, Coats AJS, Deharo JC, Delgado V, Diller GP, Israel CW, Keren A, Knops RE, Kotecha D, Leclercq C, Merkely B, Starck C, Thylén I, Tolosana JM; ESC Scientific Document Group. Glikson M, et al. Eur Heart J. 2021 Sep 14;42(35):3427-3520. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab364. Eur Heart J. 2021. PMID: 34455430 No abstract available.
2021 ESC guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization: what is the correct level of evidence for the superiority of cephalic vein cutdown? C, B or maybe A?
Iliodromitis K, Deftereos SG, Bogossian H. Iliodromitis K, et al. Europace. 2022 Apr 5;24(4):697. doi: 10.1093/europace/euac001. Europace. 2022. PMID: 35061865 No abstract available.