Surgical removal of an accufix pacing lead with a protruding J wire

Sadatosh Yuasa; Shinji Masuyama; Takeshi Soeda; Mitsuhiko Matsuda; Kinya Shirota; Hitoshi Taira

doi:10.1007/BF02913180

Surgical removal of an accufix pacing lead with a protruding J wire

Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002 Oct;50(10):443-4. doi: 10.1007/BF02913180.

Authors

Sadatosh Yuasa¹, Shinji Masuyama, Takeshi Soeda, Mitsuhiko Matsuda, Kinya Shirota, Hitoshi Taira

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, 200 Horomachi, Matsue 690-8506, Japan.

PMID: 12428386
DOI: 10.1007/BF02913180

Abstract

We report a patient with a fractured J wire protruding through the outer polyurethane sheath of an Accufix electrode in the subclavian vein and right atrium. The wire within the subclavian vein was removed transvenously, while the tip of the lead within the right atrium was removed surgically via a median sternotomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Electrodes, Implanted*
Equipment Failure
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Pacemaker, Artificial*
Subclavian Vein / surgery