Single-step transvenous extraction of a passive fixation lead with delayed perforation of the right ventricle |
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Authors: | Lopes, Luis Rocha Brandao, Luis Carrageta, Manuel |
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Affiliation: | Cardiology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Pragal 2801-951, Almada, Portugal |
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Abstract: | Delayed pacemaker lead perforation is a very rare complicationand most of the published reports involve active fixation leads.The authors report an uneventful transvenous extraction of apassive fixation lead, which had a delayed perforation of theright ventricle, disclosed two months after pacemaker implantation. |
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Keywords: | Pacemaker Delayed lead perforation Lead extraction |
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