title: Percutaneous removal of ventricular pacemaker electrodes using a Dormier basket.
abstract: Four permanent ventricular endocardial pacemaker electrodes which could not be removed via their insertion site have been retrieved via the femoral vein using a Dormier basket. Apart from short-lived ventricular arrhythmias no complications occurred in any case. Where removal of an otherwise unaccessible ventricular pacemaker electrode is considered essential the use of a Dormier basket percutaneously appears to be effective and more acceptable than surgical removal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, U.K.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Brownlee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000628:therapy; D006327:Heart Block / Q000628:therapy; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012804:Sick Sinus Syndrome / Q000628:therapy