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Challenges in extracting a defective ventricular lead after CRT-D: a case report
Murat Özmen1, Faruk Aydınyılmaz1
1Department of Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Erzurum Bolge Training and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey.
Background:
Our aim in this case was to remove the defective ventricular lead and the ruptured coronary sinus lead.
Methods:
Entering through the right femoral vein and removing the coronary sinus lead with a pigtail catheter.
Results:
In our attempt to extract the coronary sinus lead, it fractured. The broken fragment was successfully removed without any complications.
Conclusions:
In this case, which is very rarely encountered in daily practice, we successfully removed the coronary sinus lead from the body from the femoral vein using a pigtail catheter with a new method.
