Transvenous lead extraction: Efficacy and safety of the procedure in octogenarian patients.

Mario Giannotti SantoroLuca SegretiGiulio ZucchelliValentina BarlettaFederico FiorentiniAndrea Di CoriRaffaele De LuciaMaria Grazia Bongiorni

Published in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2020)

Mechanical TLE in elderly patients is a safe and effective procedure. In the over-80s, a comparable incidence of major complications with younger patients was observed, with at least a similar efficacy of the procedure.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
minimally invasive
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
risk factors