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Transvenous pacing leads: increased risk of systemic thromboemboli in patients with intracardiac shunts

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boxed-textKhairy P et al. (2006) Transvenous pacing leads and systemic thromboemboli in patients with intracardiac shunts: a multicenter study. Circulation 113: 2391–2397

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Cohen, M. Transvenous pacing leads: increased risk of systemic thromboemboli in patients with intracardiac shunts. Nat Rev Cardiol 3, 646–647 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0707

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