Success and safety of deep sedation as a primary anaesthetic approach for transvenous lead extraction: a retrospective analysis

Abstract There is a rising number in complications associated with more cardiac electrical devices implanted (CIED). Infection and lead dysfunction are reasons to perform transvenous lead extraction. An ideal anaesthetic approach has not been described yet. Most centres use general anaesthesia, but...

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Main Authors: Fabian Schiedat, Julian Fischer, Assem Aweimer, Dominik Schöne, Ibrahim El-Battrawy, Christoph Hanefeld, Andreas Mügge, Axel Kloppe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50372-1