Pacing Lead-Induced Granuloma in the Atrium: A Foreign Body Reaction to Polyurethane

We described a case of an 82-year-old male who presented with a granuloma entrapping the polyurethane-coated pacing lead at the site of contact on the atrium. He had been paced for 8 years without symptoms or signs suggestive of an allergic reaction to the pacemaker system and died from thrombosis o...

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Main Authors: Shinagawa Yoko, Yuka Kobayashi, Takao Iiri, Hitoshi Kitazawa, Masaaki Okabe, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Etsuo Okazaki, Yoshifusa Aizawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/396595
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