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A Simpler Solution to the Old Problem of Frozen Leads
Author(s) -
FUSCO DANIEL S.,
PASSIK CARY S.
Publication year - 2004
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.1540-8159.2004.00657.x
Subject(s) - medicine , header , safer , simple (philosophy) , generator (circuit theory) , calculus (dental) , algorithm , surgery , computer security , computer science , computer network , philosophy , power (physics) , physics , dentistry , epistemology , quantum mechanics
Pacemaker generator replacement is usually a straightforward and simple procedure. However, it is occasionally complicated by entrapment of the lead in the header. Solutions to this problem have been described previously. We describe a simpler and safer technique to solve this old problem.