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Current practice in transvenous lead extraction: a European Heart Rhythm Association EP Network Survey
Maria Grazia Bongiorni1, Carina Blomström-Lundqvist, Charles Kennergren
1Second Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy. m.g.bongiorni@med.unipi.it
Aim:
Current practice with regard to transvenous lead extraction among European implanting centres was analysed by this survey.
Methods And Results:
Among all contacted centres, 164, from 30 countries, declared that they perform transvenous lead extraction and answered 58 questions with a compliance rate of 99.9%. Data from the survey show that there seems to be an overall increasing experience of managing various techniques of lead extraction and a widespread involvement of cardiac centres in this treatment. Results and complication rates seem comparable with those of main international registries.
Conclusion:
This survey gives an interesting snapshot of lead extraction in Europe today and gives some clues for future research and prospective European registries.
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