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Extraction of a Defibrillator Lead Through an Inferior Vena Cava Filter
Author(s) -
HENRIKSON CHARLES A.,
BRINKER JEFFREY A.
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.1540-8159.2004.00679.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lead (geology) , vena cava , extraction (chemistry) , inferior vena cava filter , inferior vena cava , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , cardiology , thrombosis , chemistry , chromatography , geomorphology , venous thrombosis , geology
We report an extraction of a chronic, previously cut and abandoned, active‐fixation implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator lead through an inferior vena cava filter. A long workstation sheath that crossed the filter was used, allowing the lead and all hardware to be withdrawn through a single opening in the filter.