An old looped lead removal, complicated by its knotting over the active right ventricular lead - A case report;Usuniȩcie starej spȩtlonej elektrody powikłane owiniȩciem jej na aktywnej elektrodzie prawokomorowej

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 865-868

  Małecka, Barbara ^a   Kutarski, Andrzej ^b   Pietura, Radosław ^c   Za̧bek, Andrzej ^a   Bednarek, Acek ^a   Lelakowski, Jacek ^a   Szczerbo Trojanowska, Małgorzata ^c  

^a Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny Im Jana Pawła II   (Poland)

^b Medical University of Lublin Katedra i Klinika Kardiologii   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Cardiac pacing complications; Lead extraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEVICE REMOVAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 54049134465     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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