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Overcoming the challenge of venous occlusion for lead implantation

Vein stenosis or occlusion is a frequent finding in patients with previously-implanted transvenous leads. This editorial describes the different techniques that may be used to overcome this hurdle in case a new lead needs to be implanted, and discusses two case reports in this issue of the journal.

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Autor principal: Burri, Haran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4750115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26937095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2015.07.006
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spelling pubmed-47501152016-03-02 Overcoming the challenge of venous occlusion for lead implantation Burri, Haran Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J Case Report Vein stenosis or occlusion is a frequent finding in patients with previously-implanted transvenous leads. This editorial describes the different techniques that may be used to overcome this hurdle in case a new lead needs to be implanted, and discusses two case reports in this issue of the journal. Elsevier 2015-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4750115/ /pubmed/26937095 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2015.07.006 Text en Copyright © 2015, Indian Heart Rhythm Society. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Overcoming the challenge of venous occlusion for lead implantation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4750115/
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