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CARDIAC LEAD EXTRACTION
A Case-Based Contemporary Approach
EDITORS
Yong-Mei Cha, MD
Siva K. Mulpuru, MD, MPH
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Dedications
To my loving husband, LeRoy, my son, and his wife (John and Mingjia) for their remarkable support.
To my mentors, colleagues, students, and patients for their encouragement and quest for excellence.
Yong-Mei Cha
To the three people who lovingly taught me to view the world from a different perspective: P.V. Rama Rao, my grandfather; Balendu C. Vasavada, MD; and Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD.
Siva K. Mulpuru
Table of Contents
Justin Z. Lee, Samuel A. Shabtaie, Samuel J. Asirvatham
Kunal Shah, Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green
Pierce J. Vatterott, Imran S. Syed, Akbar H. Khan
Yong-Mei Cha, Siva K. Mulpuru
Shane M. Gillespie, William J. Mauermann
Kevin J. Mulligan
Siva K. Mulpuru, Yong-Mei Cha
Bradley Genovese, Travis Pollema
Siva K. Mulpuru
Yong-Mei Cha
Yong-Mei Cha
Fred M. Kusumoto
Case 5 Lead Management (Pocket Pain)
Fred M. Kusumoto
Siva K. Mulpuru
Charles J. Love
Klitos Konstantinidis, Charles J. Love
Walid M. Barake, Paul A. Friedman
Adetola Ladejobi, Siva K. Mulpuru
Justin Z. Lee, Siva K. Mulpuru
Yong-Mei Cha
Freddy Del-Carpio Munoz, Gregory A. Cogert, Samuel J. Asirvatham
Yong-Mei Cha, Fatima A. Ali-Ahmed, Arman Arghami
Yong-Mei Cha
Gurukripa N. Kowlgi, Paul A. Friedman
Siva K. Mulpuru
Pierce J. Vatterott
Pierce J. Vatterott
Olurotimi Mesubi, Charles J. Love
Martin van Zyl, Siva K. Mulpuru
Chin Lee, Gordon Ho, Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green
Roshan Karki, Siva K. Mulpuru
Erik A. Green, Travis Pollema
Fatima A. Ali-Ahmed, Siva K. Mulpuru
Luca Segreti, Mario Giannotti Santoro, Stefano Viani, Andrea Di Cori, Antonio Maria Canu, Giulio Zucchelli
Editors
Yong-Mei Cha, MD
Director of Cardiac Device Practice, Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Siva K. Mulpuru, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Contributors
Fatima A. Ali-Ahmed, MD
Fellow, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Arman Arghami, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD
James M. and Lee S. Vann Professorship in Cardiovascular Medicine; Director, Electrophysiology Laboratories; Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Training Program, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Walid M. Barake, FRCPC
Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Kelowna General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green MD
Professor of Medicine; Director, Pacemaker Services, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of California San Diego Health System, San Diego, California
Antonio Maria Canu, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Second Division of Cardiology, Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Department, New Santa Chiara Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
Gregory A. Cogert, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Cottage Heart and Vascular Center, Santa Barbara, California
Freddy Del-Carpio Munoz, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Andrea Di Cori, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Second Division of Cardiology, Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Department, New Santa Chiara Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
Paul A. Friedman, MD
Norman Blane & Billie Jean Harty Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Bradley Genovese, MD
Resident, Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of California San Diego Health System, San Diego, California
Mario Giannotti Santoro, MD