Why the study?
Rapidly developing cardiac electrotherapy implies a rising number of complications such as cardiac device-related infective endocarditis and rare mechanical issues.
Case Report (n=1)
Subcutaneous ICDs can effectively prevent rare but dangerous transvenous lead-related complications, such as dislocation into the pulmonary trunk, particularly in young patients.
(1) Background: Cardiac electrotherapy is developing quickly, which implies that it will face a higher number of complications, with cardiac device-related infective endocarditis (CDRIE) being the most frequent, but not the only one. (2) Methods: This is a retrospective case study followed by a literature review, which presents a patient with a rare but dangerous complication of electrotherapy, which could have been prevented if modern technology had been used. (3) Results: A 34-year-old female was admitted with suspicion of CDRIE based on an unclear echocardiographic presentation. However, with no signs of infection, that diagnosis was not confirmed, though an endocardial implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) lead was found folded into the pulmonary trunk. The final treatment included transvenous lead extraction (TLE) and subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD) implantation. (4) Conclusions: With the increasing number of implantations of cardiac electronic devices and their consequences, a high index of suspicion among clinicians is required. The entity of the clinical picture must be thoroughly considered, and various diagnostic tools should be applied. Lead dislocation into the pulmonary trunk is an extremely rare complication. Our findings align with the available literature data, where asymptomatic cases are usually effectively treated with TLE. Modern technologies, such as S-ICD, can effectively prevent lead-related problems and are indicated in young patients necessitating long-term ICD therapy.
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Budrejko et al. (2023) conducted a case report in ICD lead dislocation / suspicion of cardiac device-related infective endocarditis (n=1). Transvenous lead extraction (TLE) and subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD) implantation was evaluated.
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