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Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, Lead extraction, laser, outcome, pacemaker, implantable cardioverter/defibrillator, ENCAPSULATION, PREDICTORS, PACEMAKER, SUCCESS, SHEATH, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Atrioventricular Block, Catheterization, Peripheral, Defibrillators, Implantable, Device Removal, Equipment Failure, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pacemaker, Artificial, Retrospective Studies, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology

Abstract:

Worldwide, the number of transvenous extractions of chronically implanted endocardial leads rapidly increases. Despite great technical progress, lead extraction remains a challenging procedure with possible life-threatening complications. We present the success and complication rate of lead extractions in the University Hospitals Leuven, and investigated a possible relationship between the use of powered sheaths and lead type, fixation, location and implantation time.