title: A safe and simple method for management of frozen pacemaker leads.
abstract: The traction of frozen leads from the generator header is difficult in some patients. This report describes the authors' experience with frozen leads in which the lead pins were removed by pushing with the tip of screwdriver from the hole created with a scalpel blade at the closed end of the generator header.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ankara University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey. guldal@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
authors.forename: Muharrem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Güldal
authors.forename: Ali Timuçin
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Altin
authors.forename: Aydan Ongun
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Akyürek
authors.forename: Remzi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karaoğuz
authors.forename: Derviş
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oral
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects