Procedural outcome of lead explant and countertraction-assisted femoral lead extraction in Thai patients with cardiac implantable electronic device infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation rate has been increasing worldwide. Despite proper surgical technique and preincisional intravenous antibiotics, the incidence of infected CIED remains high and leads to serious complications. When encountered with CIED infection, complete CIED system removal is indicated. Several lead extraction approaches have shown a high success rate. However, the facilities are limited in Thailand. In our current practice, we perform lead extraction using the Dotter basket snare femoral approach as our primary method. There are no prior data on this countertraction-assisted transfemoral technique. Therefore, we aim to study the procedural outcome of countertraction-assisted transfemoral lead removal technique of CIED infectio

SUBMITTER: Jiratham-Opas J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8485811 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature