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- Title
Lead Extraction Via the Femoral Artery of a Left Ventricular Pacing Lead Inserted in the Subclavian Artery.
- Authors
BRACKE, FRANK; GELDER, BERRY VAN; CUYPERS, PHILIPPE; MEIJER, ALBERT
- Abstract
We describe the extraction of a pacing lead via the femoral artery 5 months after it was inadvertently introduced through the right subclavian artery and positioned in the left ventricle. The lead was dislocated from the myocardium by traction from the subpectoral area and subsequently removed with a retriever inserted through the femoral artery in order to minimize the risk of cerebral embolization and bleeding at the entry site. Bleeding was controlled at the subclavian artery entry site by temporary inflation of a balloon catheter inserted through the brachial artery, and at the insertion site of the retriever in the femoral artery with a closure device. (PACE 2003; 26[Pt. I]:1544–1547).
- Subjects
LEAD; EXTRACTION (Chemistry); CARDIAC pacing; THROMBOEMBOLISM; HEMOSTASIS
- Publication
Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology, 2003, Vol 26, Issue 7, p1544
- ISSN
0147-8389
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00225.x