Breast cancer and pacemakers
The combination of breast cancer and the need for a pacemaker is infrequent, and device implantation under these circumstances may be a technical challenge with several treatment options, most of them complex. Eight patients, all women, with an average age of 69.62 ± 11.4 years. We present a techniq...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Europace (London, England) England), 2014-02, Vol.16 (2), p.303-305 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The combination of breast cancer and the need for a pacemaker is infrequent, and device implantation under these circumstances may be a technical challenge with several treatment options, most of them complex.
Eight patients, all women, with an average age of 69.62 ± 11.4 years. We present a technique for patients with bilateral breast cancer who need a pacemaker or those who had already implanted a device and developed a homolateral breast cancer. All the pacemakers were implanted in a neck pocket, as a first implantation or if they were moved from a prepectoral pocket to the neck. Seven patients had a good outcome and one had an infection.
We suggest a simple alternative to lead extraction or epicardial approach in patients with coexisting breast cancer and the need for a rhythm control device consisting in placing the device in a neck pocket and preserving the existing leads by tunnelling them either above or below the clavicle. |
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ISSN: | 1099-5129 1532-2092 |
DOI: | 10.1093/europace/eut218 |