A complication of pacemaker lead extraction: Pulmonary embolization of an electrode fragment

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 613-

  Calvagna, Giuseppe M ^a   Evola, Rosario ^a   Valsecchi, Sergio ^b  

^a San Vincenzo Hospital   (Italy)

^b Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LEAD;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODE; LUNG; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951939931     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq065     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Smit MD, Tio RA, Slart RHJA, Zijlstra F, Van Gelder IC. Myocardial perfusion imaging does not adequately assess the risk of cororonary artery disease in patients with atrial fibrillation. Europace 2010;12:643-648.
2. Range FT, Schäfers M, Acil T, Schäfers KP, Kies P, Paul M et al. Impaired myocardial perfusion and perfusion reserve associated with increased coronary resistance in persistant idiopathic atrial fibrillation. Eur Heart J 2007;28:2223-30.
3. Range FT, Paul M, Schäfers KP, Acil T, Kies P, Hermann S et al. Myocardial perfusion in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy with and without atrial fibrillation. J Nucl Med 2009;50:390-6.
4. Abidov A, Hachamovitch R, Rozanski A, Hayes SW, Santos MM, Sciammarella MG et al. Prognostic implicationsofatrial fibrillationinpatients undergoing myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004;44:1062-70.