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Successful pacemaker lead extraction involving an ossified thrombus: A case report

A 41-year-old woman who had been fitted with a pacemaker 18 years prior presented for lead extraction because of device infection. First, we tried laser sheath. However, it cannot cross the binding in the innominate vein. Then we switched to the rotating mechanical sheath. Although it crunched throu...

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Autores principales: Okamura, Hideo, Van Arnam, John S., Aubry, Marie Christine, Friedman, Paul A., Cha, Yong-Mei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5388058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28416985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2016.06.007