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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...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2015
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| 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 |