New technique: repositioning of dislodged atrial pacing lead with a specially designed urological basket.
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.
Sharif
Ahmad Yamini
AY
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
Davoodi
Gholamreza
G
Saeed
Ali Kazemi
AK
Sadeghian
Saeed
S
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