Tether Entrapment and Fracture Preventing Release and Redocking of a Helix‐Fixation Atrial Leadless Pacemaker: Successful Resolution With a Protective Sleeve–Assisted Bailout Maneuver

Successful resolution of a tether-related malfunction highlights innovative techniques for pacemaker management.
The redesign with a protective sleeve addresses previously unreported issues linked to tether entrapment in devices.

Population

Patient(s) experiencing tether entrapment and fracture preventing release and redocking of a helix-fixation atrial leadless pacemaker

Intervention

Protective sleeve-assisted bailout maneuver

Outcome

Successful resolution of the failure mechanism

Describes a novel protective sleeve-assisted bailout maneuver to resolve tether entrapment during atrial leadless pacemaker implantation.

This report describes a previously unreported tether-related malfunction and a practical maneuver for resolving this failure mechanism.

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Cite This Study

Arai et al. (Wed,) studied this question.

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