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Management of a patient with multiple device replacements and extractions: When the leadless pacemaker is a viable solution.

Giuseppe CoppolaGianfranco CiaramitaroCristina MadaudoLeandro Di CaccamoGabriella TestaEmanuele CastelluccioGuglielmo RizzutiSalvatore TorreGiuseppina NovoAlfredo Ruggero GalassiEgle Corrado
Published in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2022)
Leadless pacemaker (LPs) is a safe device and the implantation rates of this device is increasing. The device extraction and replacement are today a challenging procedures especially in case of infections, fragile and older patients or in unfavorable venous anatomy; LPs can be a valid alternative strategy in these cases. We report a case of management of a patient with multiple previous device replacements and extractions, with malfunction of transvenous pacemaker and with a fibrous membrane between the walls of the ventricular lead and the superior vena cava (SVC), who underwent a successful LP implantation.
Keyphrases
  • vena cava
  • case report
  • inferior vena cava