Current practice in transvenous lead extraction in Latin America: Latin American Heart Rhythm Association survey
| Autor: | Roberto Costa, Cesar Daniel Niño, Jorge E. Marín, Alejandro Velasco, Juan Carlos Diaz, Julián M. Aristizábal, Jorge E. Velásquez, Hector Mazzetti, Isabella Alviz, Luigi Di Biase, Alejandro Cuesta, Mauricio Duque, Mohamed Gabr, Jorge Romero |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Artificial Latin Americans business.industry Psychological intervention Objective data medicine.disease Defibrillators Implantable Transvenous lead Heart Rhythm Latin America Treatment Outcome Current practice Surveys and Questionnaires Physiology (medical) Humans Medicine Mailing list Medical emergency Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Device Removal Lead extraction |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 32:2715-2721 |
| ISSN: | 1540-8167 1045-3873 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Transvenous lead extraction (TLE) is standard of care for the management of patients with cardiac implantable electronic device infection or lead-related complications. Currently, objective data on TLE in Latin America is lacking. OBJECTIVE To describe the current practice standards in Latin American centers performing TLE. METHODS An online survey was sent through the mailing list of the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society. Online reminders were sent through the mailing list; duplicate answers were discarded. The survey was available for 1 month, after which no more answers were accepted. RESULTS A total of 48 answers were received, from 44 different institutions (39.6% from Colombia, 27.1% from Brazil), with most respondents (82%) being electrophysiologists. Twenty-nine institutions (66%) performed |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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