Key result
Transfemoral snaring successfully extracts a fractured, floating pacemaker lead and eliminates non-sustained VT.
Case Report (n=1)
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This case highlights that a transfemoral snaring approach can be a safe and effective bail-out strategy for extracting completely fractured, free-floating pacemaker leads.
Supports feasibility of transfemoral snaring for fractured floating leads; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
A 72-year-old man had undergone dual-chamber pacemaker implantation for complete atrioventricular block 11 years previously, following which he actively swam and played table tennis; however, 3 years ago, he experienced shortness of breath while playing table tennis. Atrial lead impedance and
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Imaeda et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Fractured and free-floating pacemaker lead with non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (n=1). Percutaneous lead extraction using transfemoral snaring technique was evaluated on Procedural outcome and arrhythmia resolution. Percutaneous extraction of a completely fractured, floating pacemaker lead using a transfemoral snaring technique was successfully performed without complications, eliminating non-sustained ventricular tachycardia.
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