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Inadvertent placement of pacemaker lead into the middle cardiac vein

Unbeabsichtigte Platzierung der Schrittmacherelektrode in die V. cardiaca media

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Conflict of interest. S. Topaloglu, F. Bayraktar, S. Okten, S. Cetin, O. Ozeke, S. Cay, and D. Aras state that there are no conflicts of interest.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas, Training and Research Hospital, 06100, Ankara, Turkey

    S. Topaloglu, F. Bayraktar, S. Cetin, O. Ozeke MD, S. Cay & D. Aras

  2. Department of Radiology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas, Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    S. Okten

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Topaloglu, S., Bayraktar, F., Okten, S. et al. Inadvertent placement of pacemaker lead into the middle cardiac vein. Herz 40, 734–740 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-014-4134-x

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