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It was reported that the patient with this cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (crt-d) had an infection.Upon operation, the device pocket was with erythema, hematoma and reddish capsule.A revision was performed and the crt-d with the right ventricular (rv) lead, right atrial (ra) lead and left ventricular (lv) lead were explanted.A previously capped lv lead remains capped.Subsequently, antibiotic irrigation of the areas was performed.No additional adverse patient effects were reported.The device was not returned for analysis.
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