Zencir C.Selvi M.Elbi H.Cetin M.Gungor H.Akgullu C.Badak M.I.2024-07-222024-07-22201500194832http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/16171A 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.EnglishAll Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open AccessAgedDefibrillators, ImplantableDevice RemovalEquipment FailureFemaleFemoral VeinForeign BodiesHumansPulmonary EmbolismRadiography, ThoracicagedArticleblood clottingcase reportcongestive cardiomyopathyelectrodefemalefemoral veinfluoroscopyhumanimplantable cardioverter defibrillatorlung embolismmental healthpectoral musclephlebographypreoperative periodpulmonary arteryseptal occludersubclavian veinsubclavian venographyuterus prolapseadverse effectscomplicationdevice failuredevice removalforeign bodyimplantable cardioverter defibrillatorPulmonary Embolismthorax radiographyRemoval of the broken part of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator's electrode causing pulmonary embolism via femoral veinArticle10.1016/j.ihj.2015.06.004