What are the long-term outcomes and failure rates of transvenous bipolar atrial leads implanted in children and young adults with congenital heart disease?
Transvenous bipolar atrial leads demonstrate good long-term durability with low failure rates in young patients with congenital heart disease, though early post-operative dislodgement remains a notable risk.
Transvenous bipolar atrial leads have good long-term results in young patients, with a very low rate of lead failure. Older age at implant can further reduce this rate. Lead dislodgement is frequent in the post-operative period.
Silvetti et al. (Wed,) studied this question.