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All patients, treated with a laser lead extraction procedure between January 2013 and March 2017, were consecutively enrolled. Safety and efficacy of laser lead extraction were investigated. A total number of 2524 consecutive patients with 6117 leads were included into the registry. 5499 leads with a median lead dwell time of 96 (62\u2013141) months were treated. The mean number of treated leads per patient was 2.18\u2009\u00b1\u20091.02. The clinical procedural success rate was 97.86% and the complete lead removal was observed in 94.85%. Additional extraction tools were used in 6.65% of cases. The rate of procedural failure was 2.14% with lead age \u2009\u226510 years being its only predictor. The overall complication rate was 4.32%, including 2.06% major and 2.26% minor complications. Procedure-related mortality was 0.55%. Female sex and the presence of abandoned leads were predictors for procedure-related complications. The all-cause in-hospital mortality was 3.56% with systemic infection being the strongest predictor, followed by age \u226575 years and chronic kidney disease.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In the GALLERY, a high success- and low procedure-related complication rates have been demonstrated. In multivariate analysis, female sex and the presence of abandoned leads were predictors for procedure-related complications, while the presence of systemic infection, age \u226575 years, and chronic kidney disease were independent predictors for all-cause mortality.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/europace\/euac056","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,15]],"date-time":"2022-04-15T19:19:50Z","timestamp":1650050390000},"page":"1627-1635","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["The GermAn Laser Lead Extraction RegistrY: GALLERY"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"24","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8747-166X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Simon","family":"Pecha","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, University Hospital Eppendorf , Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg , 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