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Usefulness of a peelaway sheath introducer with a splittable hemostatic valve for placement of permanent pacemaker
1Department of Cardiology, Harbor City Kaiser Medical Center, CA 90710, USA.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
One hundred and twenty-two permanent pacemaker lead placements were performed by two physicians, utilizing a recently released peelaway sheath introducer with a splittable hemostatic valve. All introducers performed well and provided convenient bloodless surgical fields, as expected from the presence of a valve.