TY - JOUR
T1 - Intracardiac echocardiogram-guided use of a dormia basket to prevent major vegetation embolism during transvenous lead extraction
AU - Dello Russo, Antonio
AU - Di Stasi, Carmine
AU - Pelargonio, Gemma
AU - Casella, Michela
AU - Bartoletti, Stefano
AU - Narducci, Maria Lucia
AU - Russo, Eleonora
AU - Innocenti, Ester
AU - Colombo, Daniele
AU - Bellocci, Fulvio
AU - Tondo, Claudio
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - We discuss a case of transvenous lead extraction (TLE) in a patient with a large vegetation. To prevent embolization, a Dormia basket was placed in the pulmonary artery trunk. After uncomplicated TLE, the basket was withdrawn, and vegetation material was retrieved from it. Our experience confirms that TLE is feasible even with large vegetations, and the pulmonary circulation may be protected with a simple intravascular device.
AB - We discuss a case of transvenous lead extraction (TLE) in a patient with a large vegetation. To prevent embolization, a Dormia basket was placed in the pulmonary artery trunk. After uncomplicated TLE, the basket was withdrawn, and vegetation material was retrieved from it. Our experience confirms that TLE is feasible even with large vegetations, and the pulmonary circulation may be protected with a simple intravascular device.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.03.022
DO - 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.03.022
M3 - Article
C2 - 23809539
AN - SCOPUS:84886953910
VL - 29
JO - Canadian Journal of Cardiology
JF - Canadian Journal of Cardiology
SN - 0828-282X
IS - 11
ER -