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One step behind to step ahead – femoral approach to stabilize and to extract functional pacing lead to regain venous access

Transvenous lead extraction can be a method to regain venous access. We present the case of a man, aged 67, with indications to upgrade an ICD to a resynchronization therapy device. Since innominate vein occlusion was diagnosed and extraction of an abandoned ventricular pacing lead did not provide l...

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Autores principales: Maciąg, Aleksander, Syska, Paweł, Kuśmierski, Krzysztof, Broy, Beata, Sterliński, Maciej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3915996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24570742
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pwki.2013.37519