A Safe and Simple Method for Management of Frozen Pacemaker Leads

The traction of frozen leads from the generator header is difficult in some patients. This report describes the authors' experience with frozen leads in which the lead pins were removed by pushing with the tip of screwdriver from the hole created with a scalpel blade at the closed end of the ge...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inPacing and clinical electrophysiology Vol. 26; no. 12; pp. 2336 - 2337
Main Authors GÜLDAL, MUHARREM, ALTIN, ALI TIMUÇIN, ÖZDEMIR, AYDAN ONGUN, AKYÜREK, ÖMER, KARAOǦUZ, REMZI, ORAL, DERVIŞ
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 350 Main Street , Malden , MA 02148‐5018 , U.S.A Blackwell Publishing 01.12.2003
Subjects
Equipment Failure
frozen leads
Humans
pacemaker
Pacemaker, Artificial - adverse effects
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:The traction of frozen leads from the generator header is difficult in some patients. This report describes the authors' experience with frozen leads in which the lead pins were removed by pushing with the tip of screwdriver from the hole created with a scalpel blade at the closed end of the generator header. (PACE 2003; 26:2336–2337)
Bibliography:Received March 25, 2003; revised May 7, 2003; accepted September 2, 2003.
ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:0147-8389
1540-8159
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8159.2003.00373.x