INSTANTANEOUS LEAD ENTRAPMENT - SUCCESSFUL PERCUTANEOUS REMOVAL USINGTHE COOK WORKSTATION

Authors
BARAKAT K ROBINSON NM DYMOND DS
Citation
K. Barakat et al., INSTANTANEOUS LEAD ENTRAPMENT - SUCCESSFUL PERCUTANEOUS REMOVAL USINGTHE COOK WORKSTATION, PACE, 21(4), 1998, pp. 774-775
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Engineering, Biomedical
Journal title
PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
ISSN journal
01478389 → ACNP
Volume
21
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Part
1
Pages
774 - 775
Database
ISI
SICI code
0147-8389(1998)21:4<774:ILE-SP>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
An unusual complication of transvenous endocardial lead placement is r eported in which an electrode became entrapped within the vicinity of the tricuspid valve apparatus, resisting all initial attempts at remov al. The lead was subsequently successfully removed percutaneously via the right femoral vein.