Shoulder elevation improved sheath-lead coaxiality and facilitated successful sheath advancement after failure of conventional techniques during transvenous lead extraction.
Does shoulder elevation improve sheath-lead coaxial alignment during challenging transvenous lead extraction?
Shoulder elevation is a simple, cost-neutral bailout maneuver that can improve sheath-lead coaxiality during challenging transvenous lead extractions.
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Summary Shoulder elevation improved sheath–lead coaxiality and facilitated successful sheath advancement after failure of conventional techniques. This simple and cost-neutral maneuver may serve as a useful bailout strategy in challenging transvenous lead extraction procedures.
Kasai et al. (Tue,) reported a other. Shoulder elevation improved sheath-lead coaxiality and facilitated successful sheath advancement after failure of conventional techniques during transvenous lead extraction.