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. 2024 Dec;21(4):248-249.
doi: 10.5114/kitp.2024.145871. Epub 2024 Dec 13.

Cardiothoracic surgical backup in emergency management of cardiac tamponade during pacemaker extraction

Krzysztof Greberski  1 , Maciej Łuczak  2 , Radosław Jarząbek  3 , Karol Buszkiewicz  3 , Cezary Danielecki  3 , Paweł Bugajski  1
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Cardiothoracic surgical backup in emergency management of cardiac tamponade during pacemaker extraction

Krzysztof Greberski et al. Kardiochir Torakochirurgia Pol. 2024 Dec.
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Figure 1
Placement of the electrode in the right ventricle, illustrating the site of perforation during transvenous lead extraction (TLE)
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