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Computed Tomography (CT) Guided Implantation of a Totally Implantable Venous Access Port (TIVAP) through Subclavian Vein
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Laser recanalization of the subclavian vein
Charles A Henrikson1, Diana Alexander, Richard E Ringel
1Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, John's Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. chenriks@jhmi.edu
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|May 3, 2006
Abstract:
We report the use of a long wire and introducer as a rail for the laser recanalization of a chronically occluded subclavian vein following extraction of a fractured permanent pacing lead. This allowed new pacing leads to be placed through the previously occluded vessel.
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