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Catheter-based untying of a knot on an electrode catheter
Jan Sochman1, Ales Horacek, Jana Vrbska
1Department of Cardiology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic. jan.sochman@medicon.cz
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|August 14, 2003
Abstract:
This case report describes an unusual complication: a knot formed on an electrode catheter, which became entangled in a pelvic vein and could not be withdrawn. The case was managed by a new catheter technique allowing the knot to be untied and subsequently removing it via the insertion site without the need for surgical intervention.