2018 EHRA expert consensus statement on lead extraction: recommendations on definitions, endpoints, research trial design, and data collection requirements for clinical scientific studies and registries: endorsed by APHRS/HRS/LAHRS

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
• ² Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
• ³ Department of Cardiology, CHU la Timone, Marseilles, France.
• ⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
• ⁵ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
• ⁶ Electrophysiology Division, 2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Center, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
• ⁷ Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK.
• ⁸ First Division of Infectious Diseases, Cotugno Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli, Naples, Italy.
• ⁹ APHRS Reviewer, Green Lane Cardiovascular Service, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
• ¹⁰ Department of Cardiology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland.
• ¹¹ Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain.
• ¹² APHRS Reviewer, Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
• ¹³ LAHRS Reviewer, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo, Brazil.
• ¹⁴ HRS Reviewer, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
• ¹⁵ HRS Reviewer, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Ohio State University Medical Center Columbus, Ohio, USA.
• ¹⁶ Department of Cardiology, Institution of Medical Science, Uppsala University, Sweden.