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? GO BACK TO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015

14:00-15.45

Oral Communications

LEADS FAILURE, INFECTION & EXTRACTION

Chairmen: P. China / Venice-Mestre, Italy – E. Soldati / Pisa, Italy

Latin American registry on implantable cardiac device infection
L. Aguinaga, S. Dubner, H. Albornoz, I. Lombide, G. Fenelon, A. Baranchuk / Tucuman, Argentina

Outcomes of Defibrillator Lead Implants Performed by High Volume versus Low Volume Operators: Results from the Pacemaker and Implantable Defibrillator Leads Survival Study (“PAIDLESS”)
A. Feldman, J. Chung, D. Kersten, S. Islam, W. Asheld, J. Germano, T. Cohen / Mineola, USA

Mechanisms of Lead Failure in the Pacemaker and Defibrillator Lead Survival Study (“PAIDLESS”)
A. Feldman, W. Asheld, D. Kersten, J. Chung, K. Brahmbhatt, J. Germano, S. Islam, T. Cohen / Mineola, USA

Differences in risk factors of PM/ICD pocket infection and lead dependent infective endocarditis in patients qualified for transvenous lead extraction
B. Ma?ecka, A. Wysoki?ski / Krakow, Poland

Usefulness of SPECT-CT with radioisotope labeled leucocytes for diagnosis of lead-dependent infective endocarditis
B. Malecka, A. Zabek, W. Szot, K. Boczar, M. Debski, J. Lelakowski, M. Kostkiewicz / Krakow, Poland

Feasibility, efficacy and safety of percutaneous retrieval of a leadless cardiac pacemaker
J. Sperzel, A. Khairkahan, D. Ligon / Bad Neuheim, Germany