Frequency and clinical impact of retained implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead materials in heart transplant recipients.

End-stage heart failure patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) with/without cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D) often require heart transplantation (HTPL) as a last-resort treatment. We aimed to assess the frequency and clinical impact of retained ICD lead materials in HTPL...

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Main Authors: Jun Kim, Jongmin Hwang, Jin Hee Choi, Hyo-In Choi, Min-Seok Kim, Sung-Ho Jung, Gi-Byoung Nam, Kee-Joon Choi, Jae Won Lee, You-Ho Kim, Jae-Joong Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5413001?pdf=render