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Retrieval of an Aveir Leadless Pacemaker With a Standard Retrieval Catheter by Releasing the Wedged Docking Button
Kensuke Yano1, Masaya Shinohara1, Hideto Sasaki1
1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Introduction:
The docking button of the Aveir leadless pacemaker (LP) is occasionally difficult to access due to its inappropriate position in the right ventricle (RV).
Methods And Results:
We report a case where the Aveir LP was successfully retrieved by releasing the wedged docking button in the inferior wall of the RV using a loop wire technique.
Conclusion:
The loop wire technique may be useful to change the position of the Aveir LP. This may be helpful to retrieve the Aveir LP even in a case where the docking button is wedged in the inferior wall of the RV.
