A safe and simple method for management of frozen pacemaker leads.
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.
Güldal
Muharrem
M
Department of Cardiology, Ankara University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey. guldal@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
Altin
Ali Timuçin
AT
Ozdemir
Aydan Ongun
AO
Akyürek
Omer
O
Karaoğuz
Remzi
R
Oral
Derviş
D
D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects