Evaluation of tricuspid valve regurgitation following transvenous rotational mechanical lead extraction.
Federico MiglioreRaimondo PittorruManuel De LazzariPietro Bernardo Dall'AglioAntonella CecchettoMarco PreviteroValeria PergolaGaetano ThieneGiulia MasieroFrancesco CardaioliVincenzo TarziaGino GerosaPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2024)
Significant TRI was detected in 5.7% of patients following transvenous rotational mechanical lead extraction. The duration of lead implantation emerged as the sole predictor of significant TRI. Physicians engaged in TLE should exercise greater vigilance for this potential complication.