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Acute Subclavian or Axillary Vein Occlusion During Biventricular Pacemaker Implantation
Author(s) -
BREULS NICO P.,
RES JAN C. J.
Publication year - 2006
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.1540-8159.2006.00509.x
Subject(s) - medicine , subclavian vein , occlusion , axillary vein , venous access , surgery , permanent pacemaker , vein , cardiology , thrombosis , catheter
During biventricular pacemaker implantation, multiple punctures of the subclavian vein were performed and venous occlusion was apparent during the procedure, which in one case was stopped before lead insertion and in the other patient new access has to be forced through the occlusion by removing one of the already implanted leads. For implanting physicians, it is important to know that acute venous occlusion may occur during lead implantation.