Intrapulmonary artery coiling of a permanent pacing lead.
Intrapulmonary artery displacement of a permanent ventricular lead is reported to be a severe form of lead coiling and is attributed to the failure of the fixation procedure. The lead instability indicated a need for surgical correction.
University of Marseille, School of Medicine, France.
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Trigano
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Batsou
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Lauribe
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Paganelli
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Gérard
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Lévy
D004868:Equipment Failure; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006327:Heart Block / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D012086:Reoperation