Externalized conductor of a Kentrox lead and an unexpected insulation failure.
Externalized conductor
Insulation failure
Kentrox lead
Lead extraction
Recanalization
Vein occlusion
Journal
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
ISSN: 1569-9285
Titre abrégé: Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101158399
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 09 2019
01 09 2019
Historique:
received:
21
12
2018
revised:
15
03
2019
accepted:
20
03
2019
pubmed:
6
5
2019
medline:
6
2
2020
entrez:
7
5
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator device upgrades may represent a challenging scenario, especially because unexpected findings can increase procedure difficulty. One such unexpected finding represents insulation failure with unremarkable device interrogation. Insulation failure due to an externalized conductor of an implantable cardiac defibrillator-lead has been recently described for the Kentrox lead (Biotronik). Another challenging aspect of device upgrades is the presence of venous thrombosis as in this case. Here, we report an inside-out abrasion of a Kentrox lead, an unexpected second insulation failure found during pocket revision and the successful recanalization in a patient with known left subclavian vein thrombosis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31056684
pii: 5485840
doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivz101
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
484-486Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.