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Percutaneous extraction of entrapped infective transvenous pacing lead
Rizwan Aziz Memon1, John Buckley, Angus O'Donnell
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland. rizwanazizmenon@hotmail.com
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|June 25, 2002
Abstract:
A 57-year-old woman had an entrapped infected transvenous pacing lead successfully removed percutaneously with a Dormier basket under fluoroscopy, thus avoiding a major surgical procedure.