Salvage of a Failing Bifurcated Bipolar Epicardial Lead With Conductor Fracture

Salvage of a Failing Bifurcated Bipolar Epicardial Lead With Conductor Fracture

Cardiac rhythm abnormalities in children are often managed by using epicardial pacing systems. Lead failure poses a serious problem in pacemaker-dependent patients. We describe a lead repair that was not intuitive and avoided repeat thoracotomy in a pacemaker-dependent patient with lead fracture.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Annals of thoracic surgery 2010-08, Vol.90 (2), p.649-651
Hauptverfasser: Rusanov, Alexander, MD, Spotnitz, Henry M., MD
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Equipment Failure
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Pacemaker, Artificial
Pneumology
Prosthesis Design
Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:Cardiac rhythm abnormalities in children are often managed by using epicardial pacing systems. Lead failure poses a serious problem in pacemaker-dependent patients. We describe a lead repair that was not intuitive and avoided repeat thoracotomy in a pacemaker-dependent patient with lead fracture.
ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.033