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Multiple atrial lead fractures were incidentally diagnosed in a patient many years after initial pacemaker implantation.
Highlights the possibility of incidental multiple atrial lead fractures occurring many years post-pacemaker implantation.
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Late incidental atrial lead fractures may occur years post-implantation; this case extends the timeline but should not change practice.
Lead fractures are uncommon complications of pacemaker implantation. This article describes a patient with an incidental diagnosis of multiple atrial lead fractures many years after pacemaker implantation.
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Giri et al. (2016) studied this question. Multiple atrial lead fractures were incidentally diagnosed in a patient many years after initial pacemaker implantation.
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