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Percutaneous extraction of a fractured permanent pacemaker lead with no free end

. 2005 Sep ; 28 (9) : 1000-1.

Language English Country United States Media print

Document type Case Reports, Journal Article

From various points of view abandoned or displaced permanent pacemaker leads should be extracted in indicated cases using a broad spectrum of catheter-based techniques. We describe a relatively easy extraction procedure of almost the whole pacemaker lead, which broke near the pulse generator and migrated into right-heart chambers; so both ends were indwelling. The described procedure was undertaken using a simple homemade nitinol-based extractor.

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