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. 2023 Mar;66(2):239-240.
doi: 10.1007/s10840-022-01325-7. Epub 2022 Aug 11.

Extraction of a fractured pacemaker lead in the left bundle branch area using a snare via a femoral approach

Cristina Aguilera Agudo  1 , Eusebio García-Izquierdo Jaén  2 , Diego Jiménez Sánchez  2 , Victor Castro Urda  2 , Jorge Toquero Ramos  2 , Ignacio Fernández Lozano  2
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Extraction of a fractured pacemaker lead in the left bundle branch area using a snare via a femoral approach

Cristina Aguilera Agudo et al. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2023 Mar.

Abstract

We present the first reported case of extraction of a ventricular lead placed in the left bundle branch area with a double-loop design snare via the femoral approach without any complication. It was a 4-month-old lead whose extraction was not possible only with a conventional stylet via an implant vein approach, so we want to show that complete procedural success is possible.

Keywords: Extraction of pacemaker lead; Left bundle branch area pacing; Physiological pacing.

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