Removal of the broken part of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator's electrode causing pulmonary embolism via femoral vein

A 66-year-old patient with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy underwent transvenous extraction of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. The distal part of the electrode was broken during manual traction through the left subclavian vein. In the present case, we showed a rare complication of trans...

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Autores principales: Zencir, Cemil, Selvi, Mithat, Elbi, Huseyin, Cetin, Mustafa, Gungor, Hasan, Akgullu, Cagdas, Badak, Muharrem Ismail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4798977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26995444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2015.06.004

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4798977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26995444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2015.06.004

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