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Opportunistic access: Successful retrograde guide wire advancement to the pocket through a track created by laser
David D Spragg1, Jeffrey A Brinker, Charles A Henrikson
1Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. chenriks@jhmi.edu
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|November 15, 2006
Abstract:
Obtaining vascular access can be difficult following lead extraction if a wire is not retained within the vessel. We describe a unique situation in which retrograde passage of a guidewire to the explanted internal cardioverter/defibrillator pocket facilitated regaining subclavian venous access.
