Table 1
Incidence of symptomatic venous occlusion in patients with a patent access vein before extraction
n
Symptomatic
p Value
N
%
ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; PM, pacemaker.
Extraction technique
Traction
13
0
0
0.58
Laser
52
5
10
Indication
Non-functional
28
4
14
0.15
Infection
37
1
3
PM/ICD
ICD
14
2
14
0.29
PM
51
3
6
Total
65
5
8
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