Retained defibrillator leads following orthotopic heart transplantation.
Heart Failure and Transplantation Unit, Heart Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Cardiology, Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
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Koshy
Heart Failure and Transplantation Unit, Heart Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
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Nanayakkara
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
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McGiffin
Heart Failure and Transplantation Unit, Heart Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
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Martin
Heart Failure and Transplantation Unit, Heart Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
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Bergin
Heart Failure and Transplantation Unit, Heart Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Heart Failure Research Group, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Australia. Electronic address: justin.mariani@me.com.
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Mariani
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult
Coil; Complications; Defibrillator; Heart transplantation; Infection; Retained