An Unpleasant Legacy: Infected Abandoned Leads

JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2018 Feb;4(2):209-211. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2017.10.007. Epub 2017 Nov 29.

Authors

Chu-Pak Lau¹, Hung-Fat Tse²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; Department of Medicine, Shenzhen Hong Kong University Hospital, Shenzhen, China; Shenzhen Institutes of Research and Innovation, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

PMID: 29749939
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2017.10.007

No abstract available

Keywords: abandoned leads; lead capping; lead extraction.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Infections*
Cohort Studies
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Humans
Pacemaker, Artificial*