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. 1998 Nov 15;82(10):1293-5, A10.
doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00620-1.

Initial experience with a laser sheath to extract chronic transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads

S C Krishnan  1 , L M Epstein
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Initial experience with a laser sheath to extract chronic transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads

S C Krishnan et al. Am J Cardiol. .

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.

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