July 1, 2012Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Contemporary pacemaker and ICD lead management: techniques for lead extraction

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Patients requiring cardiac implantable electronic device lead extraction due to infection, risk of damage to…

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Authors

MMMalini MadhavanMayo Clinic in Arizona MSM. SwaleMayo Clinic JGJoseph J. GardElectrophysiology

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Implication

Supports experienced-operator lead extraction; leaves open need for prospective trials on indications and long-term outcomes.

Structured PICO

Population

Patients requiring cardiac implantable electronic device lead extraction due to infection, risk of damage to cardiovascular structures, interference with device function, or life-threatening arrhythmias

Intervention

Transvenous lead extraction techniques (including simple traction, locking stylets, and simple or powered sheaths)

Transvenous lead extraction is highly successful (>90%) with low major complication (<2%) and mortality (<1%) rates when performed by experienced operators.

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Madhavan et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86a18d5dd158e33875ec1c https://doi.org/10.1586/erc.12.75

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Cardiac device therapy

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Contemporary pacemaker and ICD lead management: techniques for lead extraction

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Contemporary pacemaker and ICD lead management: techniques for lead extraction

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Structured PICO

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