EP News: Case Reports

Removal of chronic leads remains one of the most challenging aspects of long-term pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) management, and procedural morbidity and mortality remain relatively high compared to other electrophysiology procedures. Singleton et  al (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrcr.2019.08.007) shared a case of a 78-year-old man with an ICD due to a history of ventricular tachycardia and high-grade atrioventricular block. He was referred for an elective generator replacement and lead extraction because of a 16-year-old recalled right v entricular lead (St.
Source: Heart Rhythm - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: EP News Source Type: research