Regarding Case Report “Povidone Iodine Irrigation - A Possible Alternative to Lead Extraction”

Akbar Shafiee, MD, MSc; Ali Kazemisaeed, MD

doi:10.1016/S0972-6292(16)30570-8

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal (Nov 2012)

Regarding Case Report “Povidone Iodine Irrigation - A Possible Alternative to Lead Extraction”

Akbar Shafiee, MD, MSc,
Ali Kazemisaeed, MD

Affiliations

Akbar Shafiee, MD, MSc: Research assistant, Department of cardiovascular research, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Ali Kazemisaeed, MD: Associate professor, Department of electrophysiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0972-6292(16)30570-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 6
pp. 292 – 293

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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.

Published in Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal

ISSN: 0972-6292 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/indian-pacing-and-electrophysiology-journal/

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