Cardiac Implantable Electrical Devices: Management of Complications; Indications for Lead Extraction
General description of procedure, equipment, technique Introduction The use of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED)—namely permanent pacemakers (PPMs); implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), transvenous and subcutaneous; devices for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT); and implantable loop recorders (ILRs)—appears to have increased over the last decade. This is mainly due to the expansion of indications and increasing life…
