A complication of pacemaker lead extraction: Paradoxical embolism of a lead fragment in a leg artery

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2699-2700

  Dieuzaide, P ^a   Savon, N ^a   Chalvidan, T ^a   LeTallec, L ^a   Deharo, J C ^a   Djiane, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial embolism; Lead extraction; Paradoxical embolism; Patent foramen ovale

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; LEG ARTERY; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; SCAR; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LEG; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0032407724     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00053.x     Document Type: Article

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