Retained Permanent Epicardial Pacemaker Leads and Lung Abscess
Retained permanent epicardial leads are not biologically inert and may predispose to severe infectious complications. Complete hardware extraction and long-term surveillance are critical.
Authors
- Mohamad Hasan Jawadi
- Shaun Cardozo
- Kartik Kumar
- Frank A. Baciewicz
- Yasemin Bahar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4786-8088)
Institutions
- Wayne State University (US)
- Winchester Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JACC Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2025.106318
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00