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Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Large thrombus on a cardiac defibrillator lead

Department of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, K6-S, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands

Received 7 September 2007; received in revised form 12 October 2007; accepted 15 October 2007.

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Key Words: Intracardiac thrombi • Cardiac defibrillator • Intracardiac leads

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Several years after an anterior wall infarction, a 62-year-old man experienced a cardiac arrest with successful resuscitation. An internal cardiac defibrillator was implanted. Five years . . . [Full Text of this Article]