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Electrode ingrowths revealed during cadaveric dissection of a 5y old implanted pacemaker - the case report
Marcin Kuniewicz1, Jerzy Andrzej Walocha2, Kinga Budnicka2
1Anatomy Department, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków; Department of Electrocardiology, John Paul II Hospital, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. marcin.kuniewicz@uj.edu.pl.
Abstract:
Increasing numbers of implanted cardiovascular electronic devices, results in a need for lead extractions, which has increased to an annual volume of over 10,000 worldwide. We present a cadaveric dissection body with a single chamber pacemaker implanted 5y before death.
