Percutaneous extraction of a severed and frayed permanent pacing lead
Language English Country United States Media print
Document type Case Reports, Journal Article
- MeSH
- Foreign Bodies therapy MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Electrodes, Implanted MeSH
- Pacemaker, Artificial * MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Device Removal MeSH
- Equipment Failure MeSH
- Cardiac Catheterization instrumentation methods MeSH
- Check Tag
- Adult MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Case Reports MeSH
From the point of view of established practice, redundant permanent pacing leads have been abandoned or extracted using various catheter-based procedures. An unusual complication was caused by failed surgical lead extraction resulting in electrode severing and wire unbraiding with subsequent induction of electric interaction between the metallic, noninsulated part of the lead fragment and the defibrillating electrode. This interaction was sensed and detected by the ICD system. A modified catheter-based extraction procedure is described.
Department of Cardiac Surgery Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic
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