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Successful laser-assisted percutaneous extraction of four pacemaker leads associated with large vegetations
K T Nguyen1, P Neese, D J Kessler
1Division of Cardiology, Scott & White Clinic, Temple, TX 76508, USA.
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|August 30, 2000
Abstract:
A man with four endocardial pacemaker leads and two vegetations (1.5 cm and 1 cm) underwent successful percutaneous laser-assisted lead extraction. Although this procedure was complicated by embolization to a left pulmonary arterial branch, the patient recovered without sequelae. This article reviews the literature on lead extraction associated with large vegetations.