Intrathoracic migration of devices implanted into the chest wall causing major intrathoracic
injuries has been documented [
1
,
2
,
3
]. To our knowledge, there have been no reports on intrathoracic migration of an implanted
loop recorder.Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: November 15, 2021
Accepted:
September 27,
2021
Received in revised form:
September 6,
2021
Received:
December 25,
2019
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© 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ).
