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Nailed It: Conservative Management of Penetrating Injury and Potential Infection of a Cardiovascular...

Nailed It: Conservative Management of Penetrating Injury and Potential Infection of a Cardiovascular...

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Nailed It: Conservative Management of Penetrating Injury and Potential Infection of a Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device

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Full title

Nailed It: Conservative Management of Penetrating Injury and Potential Infection of a Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device

Publisher

United States: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Journal title

Pacing and clinical electrophysiology, 2016-12, Vol.39 (12), p.1412-1414

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

United States: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Scope and Contents

Contents

A 47‐year‐old man with a history of ischemic cardiomyopathy and chronic systolic heart failure presented after he inadvertently shot himself in the left upper chest with a pneumatic nail gun, penetrating his implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) generator. The device was noninterrogable, consistent with device failure. A new ICD was attached...

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Full title

Nailed It: Conservative Management of Penetrating Injury and Potential Infection of a Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1859468476

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1859468476

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ISSN

0147-8389

E-ISSN

1540-8159

DOI

10.1111/pace.12903

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