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Pacemaker lead malposition in the left atrial roof is masked by normal pacing thresholds

Pacemaker lead malpositioning with subsequent cardiac tamponade is a rare, but serious adverse event. We herein report a case of pacemaker lead malpositioning in a 76-year old female caucasian patient. The lead was malpositioned into the roof of the left atrium after perforation of the superior vena...

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Autores principales: Rath, Claus, Andreas, Martin, Khazen, Caesar, Wiedemann, Dominik, Habertheuer, Andreas, Kocher, Alfred
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24650143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-9-53