A new approach to the continuous monitoring of transvenous lead extraction using transesophageal echocardiography-Analysis of 936 procedures.

Dorota NowosieleckaAnna PolewczykWojciech JachećŁukasz TułeckiKonrad TomkówPaweł StefańczykAndrzej KleinrokAndrzej Kutarski

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2020)

Real time transesophageal echocardiography for the guidance of transvenous lead extraction informs the operator about the danger of manipulations close to delicate cardiac structures and whether immediate modification to the plan of lead removal is necessary in order to prevent the occurrence of unwanted events.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
computed tomography
pulmonary hypertension
left atrial appendage
risk assessment
high resolution
heart failure
atrial fibrillation