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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 89, 142-144, Copyright © 1985 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Technique for the surgical extraction of permanent pacing leads and electrodes

CL Byrd, SJ Schwartz, M Sivina, WZ Yahr and JJ Greenberg

When a pacing lead becomes infected, the most expedient and successful therapy is its removal. A new surgical extraction technique, combining the use of fluoroscopy and a limited surgical dissection of the right atrium, is presented for the removal of a lead entrapped in the heart or venous system.

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