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Case Reports
. 2009 Nov 24;181(11):823.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.082092. Epub 2009 Aug 31.

Clinical images. Fracture of a pacemaker lead

Shu-Hsuan Chang  1 , Che-Kim Tan, Shih-Huang Lee
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Case Reports

Clinical images. Fracture of a pacemaker lead

Shu-Hsuan Chang et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) Radiograph of the chest of a 68-year-old man after implant of a dual-chamber pacemaker. (B) A radiograph taken 2 years later shows fracture of the ventricular lead with 2 fracture points (arrows) in the generator pocket and at the entry site of the left subclavian vein. The distal segment of the broken lead has migrated to the right ventricle, where the lead loops (arrowheads) in the right atrium and ventricle.
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