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Search for: [Abstract = "tients who presented with more than one type of indication, the main indication was the one with higher recommendation class according to HRS expert consensus document\: group A – infectious indications \(systemic infection\: sepsis and\/or endocarditis \- certain or probable\), group B – infectious indications \(pocket infection, pocket infection with the signs of systemic infection which does not meet the criteria of lead\-dependent infective endocarditis\), group C – non\-infectious indications \(extraction of abandoned\/damaged\/redundant leads\), group D – non\-infectious indications \(extraction of functional leads in case of device upgrade\).The precisely described criteria allowed the assignment of each patient to certain group according to indications. Each group of indications was discussed in detail and the groups were compared with each other. Most of patients referred to our centre had class II indicationsaccording to HRS. The ipsilateral venography was the examination which allowed to specify the class either to IIa or IIb. Several parameters were chosen in order to assess their utility in prediction of lead electrical dysfunction. Furthermore, the usefulness of white blood count and C\-reactive protein was assessed based on ROC curve determining the cut\-off values for these tests. \; Results\:Between October 2011 and July 2015 transvenous lead extraction procedures utilizing Coo"]

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