Login / Signup

Highly complicated lead extraction procedure in patient with previous early orthotopic heart transplantation: A first case report.

Vincenzo SchillaciGiuseppe MasciaGergana ShopovaPaola ChiarielloCarmine CiardielloFrancesco Solimene
Published in: Clinical case reports (2018)
We report a first case of a highly complicated lead extraction in a young man who previously underwent orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT).Lead extraction in transplanted patients may be a feasible and safe procedure in order to maintain a low infective risk and to preserve alternative vascular access sites.
Keyphrases
  • case report
  • end stage renal disease
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • chronic kidney disease
  • minimally invasive
  • middle aged