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Figure 1A.

View larger version (271K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. A fracture of a retention wire in an atrial J pacemaker lead (model 330-801, Telectronics, Englewood, Colo.) was detected by chest radiography. The wire, which maintains the J shape of the lead, had fractured, and the distal fragment had migrated from the lead body. Both fragments, visible on the initial chest x-ray film taken at an oblique angle (Panel A, arrows), became more apparent when the image was enlarged (Panel B, arrows).

 
Figure 1B.

Figure 1C.

Marc Roelke, M.D.
Victor Parsonnet, M.D.
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark, NJ 07112

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