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An Approach to Salvage a “Frozen” Pacing Lead
Author(s) -
RAMICONE JAMES,
LABIB ATEF,
WISEMAN MARTIN,
MACKALL JUDITH
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00946.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lead (geology) , drill , cardiac pacing , heart block , surgery , orthopedic surgery , ventricular pacing , generator (circuit theory) , cardiology , electrocardiography , heart failure , mechanical engineering , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , geomorphology , engineering , geology
We report our experience with the use of an orthopedic drill to remove “frozen” pacemaker leads from the connector block during pacemaker generator replacements. Three cases are reported in which the leads were salvaged successfully using this technique.