Coronary sinus lead fragmentation 2 years after implantation with a retained guidewire

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 438-439

  Nägele, Herbert ^a,b   Hashagen, Sandra ^a   Ergin, Mehmet ^a   Azizi, Mojgan ^a   Behrens, Stefan ^a  

^a Medical Department   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

CRT; Guidewire fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY SINUS; DEVICE; GUIDEWIRE; GUIDEWIRE TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33947218949     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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