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Case Reports
. 2021 May 14;5(5):ytab182.
doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytab182. eCollection 2021 May.

The complication of left internal jugular vein puncture

Rafael Alessandro Ferreira Gomes  1 , Tiuaco Tavares Machado  1 , Michel Pompeu Barros de Oliveira Sá  1 , Dário Celestino Sobral Filho  1
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Case Reports

The complication of left internal jugular vein puncture

Rafael Alessandro Ferreira Gomes et al. Eur Heart J Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
Chest radiography showed the anomalous path of the pacemaker electrode implanted by the left internal jugular vein.
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Figure 2
Chest tomography demonstrated pacemaker electrode in the mediastinal position.
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