Population
Patient with inadvertently placed left ventricular and left atrial endocardial pacemaker leads
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Supports feasibility of protected extraction for misplaced left-sided leads; leaves open need for systematic evaluation before adoption.
Demonstrates the feasibility of percutaneous extraction of inadvertently placed left-sided pacemaker leads using complete cerebral embolic protection, a procedure traditionally contraindicated due to thromboembolic risk.
Bahadorani et al. (2015) studied this question.
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