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Novel extraction technique of retained pacemaker and defibrillator lead during heart transplantation

BACKGROUND: Removal of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) by manual traction during orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) sometimes results in retained lead fragments. Moreover, abandoned leads and retained lead fragments are a contraindication for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and m...

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Autores principales: Hasumi, Eriko, Fujiu, Katsuhito, Kojima, Toshiya, Kinoshita, Osamu, Nawata, Kan, Yamauchi, Haruo, Ono, Minoru, Komuro, Issei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6126868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30188917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203172