Transfemoral Removal of a Chronically Implanted Pacemaker Lead: Report of a Case
A transfemoral angiographic technique was used to temove a chronically implanted, infected pacemaker wire that could not be withdrawn by using direct traction. The case and a description of the technique are detailed, and the principles of nonsurgical extraction of chronically implanted pacemaker wi...
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Published in | The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 329 - 330 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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New York, NY
Elsevier Inc
01.09.1986
Elsevier Science |
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Summary: | A transfemoral angiographic technique was used to temove a chronically implanted, infected pacemaker wire that could not be withdrawn by using direct traction. The case and a description of the technique are detailed, and the principles of nonsurgical extraction of chronically implanted pacemaker wires are discussed. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3 |
ISSN: | 0003-4975 1552-6259 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0003-4975(10)62746-4 |