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Europace 2004 6(5):453-456; doi:10.1016/j.eupc.2004.05.005
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CASE REPORT

Multiple-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism after pacemaker implantation treated by thrombolysis

Vladimir Khalameizer, Ilia Polishchuk, Nadia Pancheva, Jamal Jafari, Shimon Scharf, Leonardo Reisin and I. Eli Ovsyshcher*

Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon & Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva, Israel

This report describes a patient who suffered multiple-vein thrombosis following permanent pacemaker implantation and developed a pulmonary embolism while on anticoagulation treatment, which was successfully treated by thrombolytic therapy.

Key Words: subclavian thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, thrombolysis, pacemaker

*Corresponding author. Department of Cardiology, Soroka University Medical Center, P.O. Box 151, Beer Sheva, 84101, Israel. Tel.: +972-8-628-3179; fax: +972-8-628-3179. E-mail address: eliovsy{at}bgumail.bgu.ac.il (I.E. Ovsyshcher).


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