Transiliac permanent pacemaker implantation after extraction of infected pectoral pacemaker systems.
Infected pectoral pacemaker systems were extracted in 5 patients and new pacemakers were reimplanted in a pelvic pocket through the iliac veins. In patients who have infected pectoral pacemaker systems, this easy and safe technique provides an alternate route for reimplantation of permanent pacemakers.
Erdogan
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Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
Augostini
R
R
Saliba
W
W
Juratli
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N
Wilkoff
B L
BL
D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome