Radiographic Pseudofracture of Bipolar Pacemaker Wire
| Autor: | Russell Berdoff, Andrew Van Tosh, Emanuel Goldberg, Susan R. Hecht |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Pacemaker Artificial medicine.medical_specialty Radiography Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine law.invention law Bradycardia medicine Humans Diagnostic Errors Bone Wires Lead (electronics) Aged business.industry Suture Techniques Heart medicine.disease Surgery Artificial cardiac pacemaker Equipment Failure Female Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Pseudofracture |
| Zdroj: | Chest. 88:302-304 |
| ISSN: | 0012-3692 |
| DOI: | 10.1378/chest.88.2.302 |
| Popis: | We present a case in which the radiographic appearance of a bipolar pacing lead mimics a wire fracture. Recognition of this normal finding--due to lead construction--will help avoid erroneous diagnosis of wire fracture on chest x-ray films. |
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