"Ghost", a Well-Known but Not Fully Explained Echocardiographic Finding during Transvenous Lead Extraction: Clinical Significance.

ABSTRACT: "Ghosts" are fibrinous remnants that become visible during transvenous lead extraction (TLE).

Methods

Data from transoesophageal echocardiography-guided TLE procedures performed in 1103 patients were analysed to identify predisposing risk factors for the development of so-called disappearing ghosts-flying ghosts (FG), or attached to the cardiovascular wall-stable ghosts (SG), and to find out whether the presence of ghosts affected patient prognosis after TLE.

Results

Ghosts were detected in 44.67% of patients (FG 15.5%, SG 29.2%). The occurrence of ghosts was associated with patient age at first system implantation [FG (OR = 0.984; p = 0.019), SG (OR = 0.989; p = 0.030)], scar tissue around the lead (s) [FG (OR = 7.106; p < 0.001, OR = 1.372; p

SUBMITTER: Nowosielecka D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9565986 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature