The details of an unusual “ghost” after transvenous lead extraction: Three-dimensional computed tomography analysis

Transvenous lead extraction (TLE) is performed to prevent deaths in patients with device infections. Intracardiac masses detected by echocardiography, i.e., “ghosts,” are reported in 8% of patients after a TLE in retrospective studies and in 14% in prospective studies. We herein describe a case with...

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Autores principales: Kiuchi, Kunihiko, Fukuzawa, Koji, Mori, Shumpei, Nishii, Tatsuya, Matsumoto, Kensuke, Ichibori, Hirotoshi, Yamada, Takashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5728984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29255516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2017.07.008

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