Extraction of an Intravascularized Pacemaker Lead—A New Approach to an Unusual Problem
- 1 November 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
- Vol. 7 (6) , 999-1003
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1984.tb05651.x
Abstract
A new catheter approach to removing an intravascularized, nonfunctional pacemaker lead which was fixed at both distal (right ventricular endocardium) and proximal (brachiocephalic vein/superior vena cava) ends is described. This case also emphasizes the need for removal of an old pacemaker lead that caused bacteremia in a patient with a prosthetic aortic valve even when infection was presumed to be cured.Keywords
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