Successful extraction of right ventricular lead remnants using the FlexCath® steerable sheath

Tanyanan Tanawuttiwat; Alan Cheng; John Rickard; Grant V. Chow; Christopher M. Sciortino; Jeffrey Brinker

doi:10.1007/s10840-015-0038-9

Successful extraction of right ventricular lead remnants using the FlexCath® steerable sheath

Tanyanan Tanawuttiwat, Alan Cheng, John Rickard, Grant V. Chow, Christopher M. Sciortino, Jeffrey Brinker

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Abstract

In patients undergoing laser lead extraction, incomplete or failed lead removal occur in over 3 % of leads. Because the current available tools have limitations in reaching the right ventricle (RV), the procedure becomes challenging when the lead breaks and its fragments remain lodged in the RV. We describe two cases in which the FlexCath® steerable sheath, normally used in cryoballoon catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, was useful in directing a bioptome to right ventricular lead fragments and thus allowing for complete lead extraction.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	107-110
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
Volume	45
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-015-0038-9
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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Keywords

Lead extraction
Steerable sheath

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Physiology (medical)

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Tanawuttiwat, T., Cheng, A., Rickard, J., Chow, G. V., Sciortino, C. M., & Brinker, J. (2016). Successful extraction of right ventricular lead remnants using the FlexCath® steerable sheath. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 45(1), 107-110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-015-0038-9

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