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Retrosternal lead placement: an attractive alternative to subcutaneous tunneling

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Complex lead placement is on the rise. When ipsilateral lead placement is unavailable, a retrosternal approach offers minimal cosmetic defects while minimizing lead injury. A retrosternal technique has yet to be described in the literature. Here, we describe our technique, tricks, and pitfalls to performing such an operation in three patients.

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  1. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Nicholas Stanley Clarke & Michael Erik Jessen

  2. UT Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75390-9159, USA

    Nicholas Stanley Clarke

  3. Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rady Children’s Hospital, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

    Raghav Murthy

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Clarke, N.S., Murthy, R. & Jessen, M.E. Retrosternal lead placement: an attractive alternative to subcutaneous tunneling. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 34, 402–405 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-017-0601-3

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