Successful Removal of a Severed Transvenous Pacemaker Electrode
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
- Vol. 4 (6), 713-715
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1981.tb06254.x
Abstract
The ease and simplicity of the transvenous approach to permanent pacing continue to be among its greatest advantages. However in a small proportion of transvenously paced patients complications can occur. A rare complication is an incompletely removed pacing catheter with subsequent embolization to more central parts of the cardiovascular system. This communication reports the migration of a severed transvenous pacemaker electrode and its removal from the left iliac vein with a femoral-ventricular pigtail catheter.Keywords
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