Comparison of outcomes and required tools between transvenous extraction of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator leads: Insight from single high-volume center experience.

Katsuhide Hayashi Thomas D Callahan John Jack RickardBryan BaranowskiDavid O MartinShady Nakhla Chadi Tabaja Aritra PaulBruce L Wilkoff

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2024)

The procedural success rate by TLE is greater for ICD patients than PM patients with leads >20 years old but requires more extraction tools. Common vascular complication sites and the impact of lead age on procedural outcomes and required tools differed between ICD and PM TLE.

Keyphrases

particulate matter
air pollution
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
heavy metals
prognostic factors
metabolic syndrome
water soluble
skeletal muscle
pulmonary embolism
adipose tissue
vena cava