Key result
Percutaneous retrieval successfully manages rare floating leadless pacemaker dislodgement.
Why the study?
The ability to retrieve a chronically implanted leadless pacemaker is an important component of leadless pacemaker management, but few reports on TPS retrieval exist and dislodgement cases are rare.
Case Report
This case report highlights the rare occurrence of leadless pacemaker dislodgement and the feasibility of its retrieval.
Adds sparse data on chronic TPS retrieval; leaves open questions on safety, timing, and generalizability.
The clinical efficacy of pacemaker therapy is well established. Early and late pacemaker adverse events are mostly associated with the implanted lead. Transcatheter pacing systems (TPS) represent an exciting recent development compared with conventional pacemakers.1 Despite these promising results, the ability to retrieve a chronically implanted leadless pacemaker is an important component of leadless pacemaker management. Few reports on TPS retrieval have been presented in the literature, but apparent cases of dislodgement are rare.
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Kawasaki et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Floating leadless pacemaker. Extraction of a floating leadless pacemaker was evaluated. Extraction of a floating leadless pacemaker is presented in this case report of a rare transcatheter pacing system dislodgement.
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