Internal Mammary Arterial Injury from Lead Extraction: A Clinically Subtle yet Important Complication of Implantable Device Removal

Percutaneous implantable device extraction has increased in recent years and is associated with small but significant risk. Arteriovenous fistula formation is an uncommon complication of this procedure. We report two cases where lead extraction was complicated by an arteriovenous fistula between th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cesar Cruz, Jonathan Langberg, Stamatios Lerakis, Ravi Veeraswamy, Michael Lloyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Cardiology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/408640
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!