An indissoluble knot: An unexpected troubleshooting during Micra implantation.

Laura CipollettaGiovanni VolpatoMauro BiffiAlessandro Capucci

Published in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2018)

Micra is a transcatheter leadless pacing system delivered percutaneously through femoral vein access into the right ventricle. We are going to describe an initially standard procedure, with an unexpected troubleshooting at the end: the impossibility to release the device and retract the delivery due to a knot in the tether.

Keyphrases

pulmonary artery
pulmonary hypertension
mitral valve
minimally invasive
cardiac resynchronization therapy
congenital heart disease
left ventricular