ILEEM-survey on the Heart Team approach and team training for lead extraction procedures.

Christoph T StarckFrank BrackePeter-Paul DelnoyRoger A FreedmanAndrzej KutarskiMark GallagherMorio ShodaRobert PeytonManav SohalFrederik GadlerKamil SedlacekJuha HartikainenPatrizio MazzoneAlexander BreitensteinNigel Lever

Published in: Cardiology journal (2020)

This survey supports the importance of establishing lead extraction Heart Teams in specialized lead extraction centers to potentially improve patient outcomes. The concept of a core and an extended heart team approach in lead extraction procedures is introduced.

Keyphrases

palliative care
heart failure
quality improvement
atrial fibrillation
cross sectional