Long-term outcomes with abandoning versus extracting sterile leads: A 10-year population-based study.
Abhishek J DeshmukhFahimeh TalaeiMin-Choon TanKomandoor SrivathsanDan SorajjaArturo ValverdeLuis ScottSamuel J AsirvathamFred M KusumotoSiva K MulpuruYong Mei ChaPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2024)
An initial lead abandonment strategy was associated with more complicated subsequent extraction procedures compared to patients with an initial transvenous lead extraction strategy. However, there was no difference in 10-year survival probability between both lead management approaches.
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