Surgical removal of an accufix pacing lead with a protruding J wire.
We report a patient with a fractured J wire protruding through the outer polyurethane sheath of an Accufix electrode in the subclavian vein and right atrium. The wire within the subclavian vein was removed transvenously, while the tip of the lead within the right atrium was removed surgically via a median sternotomy.
Yuasa
Sadatosh
S
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, 200 Horomachi, Matsue 690-8506, Japan.
Masuyama
Shinji
S
Soeda
Takeshi
T
Matsuda
Mitsuhiko
M
Shirota
Kinya
K
Taira
Hitoshi
H
D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013350:Subclavian Vein / Q000601:surgery