title: New technique: repositioning of dislodged atrial pacing lead with a specially designed urological basket.
abstract: The rate of dislodgement of atrial pacing leads is approximately 3%. To solve this problem, reoperation and repositioning of these leads is one of the solutions. Some operators have reported repositioning these leads with snare systems or deflectable catheters. In this communication, we present a new method using a specially designed urological basket to solve this problem.
authors.affiliation: Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Jalal Al Ahmad and North Kargar Cross, PO Box 1411713138, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. yaminisharif.a@doctor.com
authors.forename: Ahmad Yamini
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Sharif
authors.forename: Gholamreza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Davoodi
authors.forename: Ali Kazemi
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadeghian
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012086:Reoperation