Assessment of the impact of organisational model of transvenous lead extraction on the effectiveness and safety of procedure: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the impact of the organisational model of transvenous lead extraction (TLE) on effectiveness and safety of procedures.

Design

Post hoc analysis of patient data entered prospectively into a computer database.

Setting

Data of all patients undergoing TLE in three centres in Poland between 2006 and 2021 were analysed.

Participants

3462 patients including: 985 patients undergoing TLE in a hybrid room (HR), with cardiac surgeon (CS) as co-operator, under general anaesthesia (GA), with arterial line (AL) and with transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) monitoring (group 1), 68 patients-TLE in HR with CS, under GA, without TEE (group 2), 406 patients-TLE in operating theatre (OT) using 'arm-C' X-ray machine with CS under GA and with TEE (group 3)

SUBMITTER: Tulecki L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9806044 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature