{"title":"[Septicemia secondary to an infected pacemaker system: removal of the endocardial lead with the aid of extracorporeal circulation (author's transl)].","authors":"J Beyer, E Alt, M Gottsmann, E Kreuzer","doi":"10.1055/s-0028-1096660","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Right ventriculotomy with extracorporeal circulation was used for removal of an infected transvenous pacemaker electrode which was firmly attached to the myocardium in a patient with septicemia. Alternative methods and suggestions to prohibit electrode incarceration are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":22981,"journal":{"name":"Thoraxchirurgie, vaskulare Chirurgie","volume":"26 6","pages":"394-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1978-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1055/s-0028-1096660","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Thoraxchirurgie, vaskulare Chirurgie","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1096660","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Right ventriculotomy with extracorporeal circulation was used for removal of an infected transvenous pacemaker electrode which was firmly attached to the myocardium in a patient with septicemia. Alternative methods and suggestions to prohibit electrode incarceration are discussed.