Regarding Case Report "Povidone Iodine Irrigation - A Possible Alternative to Lead Extraction"
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We read the case report of Dr. Puri and colleagues for treating an infected permanent pacemaker conservatively in an elderly patient. Due to its similarity of this work with ours, we wish to highlight some points regarding conservative treatment of pacemaker infection.
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Povidone-iodine Irrigation - A Possible Alternative To Lead Extraction
Pocket infection and erosion remain the commonest (class 1) indication for pacemaker (PM) or implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) lead extraction. However, tranvenous lead extraction is not without significant risk of serious complications, particularly in patients with chronically implanted leads or ICD leads specifically. The paucity of cardiologists adequately experienced to undertake thi...
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We would like to thank Drs. Shafiee and Kazemisaeed for their comments [1] with reference to our case "Povidone Iodine Irrigation A possible alternative to lead extraction" [2]. Indeed we read their case [3] with keen interest, along with the experience ofothers who have similarly documented treatment of pacemaker/device pocket infection with a variety of lead-preserving techniques, which mostl...
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012