Concomitant medical product: ldp210q lead, implanted: (b)(6) 2015; st jude lead, implanted: (b)(6) 2015.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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It was reported that the patient developed an infection and the left ventricular (lv) lead was explanted and replaced.During the extraction procedure, there was a complication and the patient chest had to be opened.It was noted that the lead, unbeknownst to the physician, had ¿scared¿ into not only the venous system where the lead was deployed, but also to the arterial system.Therefore, causing an arterial bleed when the lead was extracted.Repair to the tear was made.No further patient complications have been reported as a result of this event.
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