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Transiliac permanent pacemaker implantation after extraction of infected pectoral pacemaker systems
O Erdogan1, R Augostini, W Saliba
1Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|September 1, 1999
Abstract:
Infected pectoral pacemaker systems were extracted in 5 patients and new pacemakers were reimplanted in a pelvic pocket through the iliac veins. In patients who have infected pectoral pacemaker systems, this easy and safe technique provides an alternate route for reimplantation of permanent pacemakers.