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Venoplasty of a chronic venous occlusion with ‘diathermy’ for cardiac device lead placement

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Venous revascularization is an approach used in patients with total venous occlusion requiring venous access for cardiac device lead placement. Several percutaneous approaches to venous revascularization have been proposed. For… Click to show full abstract

Venous revascularization is an approach used in patients with total venous occlusion requiring venous access for cardiac device lead placement. Several percutaneous approaches to venous revascularization have been proposed. For the first time, we describe the case of a 69-year-old male with total venous occlusion who was successfully revascularized using a ‘diathermy’ technique.

Keywords: occlusion; venous occlusion; lead placement; cardiac device; device lead

Journal Title: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
Year Published: 2019

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