Removal of the broken part of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator's electrode causing pulmonary embolism via femoral vein
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2015
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A 66-year-old patient with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy underwent transvenous extraction of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. The distal part of the electrode was broken during manual traction through the left subclavian vein. In the present case, we showed a rare complication of transvenous lead extraction and its management. © 2015 Cardiological Society of India.
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Aged , Defibrillators, Implantable , Device Removal , Equipment Failure , Female , Femoral Vein , Foreign Bodies , Humans , Pulmonary Embolism , Radiography, Thoracic , aged , Article , blood clotting , case report , congestive cardiomyopathy , electrode , female , femoral vein , fluoroscopy , human , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , lung embolism , mental health , pectoral muscle , phlebography , preoperative period , pulmonary artery , septal occluder , subclavian vein , subclavian venography , uterus prolapse , adverse effects , complication , device failure , device removal , foreign body , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , Pulmonary Embolism , thorax radiography