Open AccessSuccessful transvenous lead extraction after a failed open surgical attempt
Author(s) -
Hanney Gonna,
Giulia Domenichini,
Mark M. Gallagher
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/euv290
Subject(s) - medicine , lead (geology) , surgery , geology , geomorphology
An 81-year-old man was referred with an infected cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) system, 8 years after initial implantation of a single-chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and 2 years after upgrade of the system to CRT-D. After recurrent erosion, transvenous extraction was attempted with mechanical …
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