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Title: Twenty-years’ use of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sheet for an artificial cardiac pacemaker
Kenji Yorita1*, Junichi Takahashi2, Kazutoshi Tano3, Yoichi Ichikawa3, Nobumasa Hamaguchi4, Wataru Yasui5
1Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Kochi Hospital, Kochi-city, Kochi, Japan
2Department of Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Kochi Hospital, Kochi-city, Kochi, Japan
3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kochi Hospital, Kochi-city, Kochi, Japan
4Department of Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kochi Hospital, Kochi-city, Kochi, Japan
5Department of Internal Medicine, Yusuhara Hospital, Kochi-city, Kochi, Japan
The authors report no conflict of interest, financial or otherwise.
Corresponding Author: Kenji Yorita, M.D., Ph.D.,
Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Kochi Hospital, 1-4-63-11, Hadaminamimachi, Kochi-city, Kochi 780-8562, Japan
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Keywords : expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sheet, cardiac pacemaker, foreign body