Transesophageal three-dimensional echocardiography improves the safety of transvenous extraction of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads – preliminary report

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Kempa, Maciej
Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz, Ludmiła
Budrejko, Szymon
Raczak, Grzegorz
Date
2018
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Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny
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Abstract
This article demonstrates the echocardiographic method to assess the placement of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads in the vicinity of the superior vena cava as a way to increase the safety of transvenous lead extraction (TLE). Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography was performed in 3 patients during TLE with the use of the Specranetics Excimer Laser device. We assessed the following parameters: lead adherence to the lateral wall of the vessel and lead movement. This method increased the safety of the performed TLE.
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transesophageal echocardiography  transvenous lead extraction  cardiac implantable electronic devices
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Kempa M, Danilowicz-Szymanowicz L, Budrejko S, Raczak G. Transesophageal three-dimensional echocardiography improves the safety of transvenous extraction of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads – preliminary report. Eur J Transl Clin Med 2018;1(1):65-67. DOI: 10.31373/ejtcm/94687
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https://open.icm.edu.pl/handle/123456789/17206
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