Fracture and migration of a pacemaker atrial lead retention wire found by fluoroscopic screening in an asymptomatic patient

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 798-800

  Mucha, Edgardo ^a,b   Catalano, Phillip ^a   Myers, Tammy ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MIGRATION; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; SCREENING;

EID: 0029840869     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199608000-00008     Document Type: Article

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