Unsuccessful rescrewing of a dislodged screw-in atrial lead.
We report a case of unsuccessful rescrewing of an atrial lead after its early dislodgment in a 64 years old patient because of entrapped endocardial tissue in the screw-in system.
Antonelli
Dante
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Department of Cardiology, Ha 'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel. antonelli_dante@hotmail.com
Freedberg
Nahum Adam
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Rosenfeld
Tiberio
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D004868:Equipment Failure; D006325:Heart Atria; D006327:Heart Block / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013575:Syncope / Q000628:therapy*