Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 10, 2026
Benefits of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in an Asynchronous Heart Failure Model Induced by Left Bundle Branch Ablation and Rapid Pacing
Published on: December 11, 2017
[Laser sheath extraction of an infected pacemaker lead]
Hamdi ElFarra1, Rainer Moosdorf, Thomas Kratz
1Zentrum für Herz- und thorakale Gefäßchirurgie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Abstract:
A case of pacemaker electrode infection with Staphylococcus aureus is presented. In order to avoid sternotomy, the right ventricular pacemaker lead, which had been implanted for 15 years, was successfully extracted using a laser sheath despite large endocarditic vegetations on the pacemaker lead. After completion of a 6-week course of antibiotics, the patient was discharged without any further evidence of infection.
