title: [An old looped lead removal, complicated by its knotting over the active right ventricular lead - a case report].
abstract: We present a 59 year old patient with advanced heart failure who underwent lead extraction. The lead was implanted 11 years ago, and 2 years later looped spontaneously following its fracture. The transvenous extraction process through inferior vena cava was complicated by knotting of the inactive lead over the active ventricular lead. The patient was pacemaker-dependent. Finally, the old lead was successfuly explanted. The active intact lead was used to create resynchronisation system.
authors.affiliation: Kliniczny Oddział Elektrokardiologii, Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Jana Pawła II, ul. Pradnicka 80, 31-302 Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Małecka
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kutarski
authors.forename: Radosław
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pietura
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zabek
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bednarek
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lelakowski
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szczerbo-Trojanowska
mesh_terms: D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D020878:Device Removal; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004868:Equipment Failure; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial