Transvenous Retrieval of Foreign Objects Lost during Cardiac Device Implantation or Revision: A 10‐Year Experience

Abstract

In the present single-center experience, the endovascular approach to retrieving intravascular objects lost during cardiac device implantation or previous extraction procedures seemed effective with currently available tools and was associated with no complications.

Cardiac perforation of the right ventricle: A rare complication of pacemaker implantation. The importance of a collaborative vision of a multi-disciplinary treatment team

“…The evolution of devices in serious cardiac rhythm pathology management has led progressively to the development of devices for the treatment of bradycardia, ventricular arrhythmia, and heart failure and for the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest leading to delivery of pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) plus ICD (CRT-D) and to the recent subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) [23][24][25]. Infectious complications leading also to endocarditis [1,8,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] and noninfectious complications [9,21,23,34-37] often necessitating removal [1,2,8,[37][38][39][40][41][42][43] affect patients' wellbeing also leading to the increase of psychological difficulties [44][45][46][47][48][49][50]. In addition, the emerging scenario of concomitant problems and diseases , the progressively younger implanted population and the increase in device and procedure complexity have raised the risk of system component structural failures .…”

Intravascular recovery of electrode fragments as a possible complication of transvenous removal intervention

“…The evolution of devices in serious cardiac rhythm pathology management has led progressively to the development of devices for the treatment of bradycardia, ventricular arrhythmia, and heart failure and for the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest leading to the delivery of pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) plus ICD (CRT-D) and to the recent subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) [23][24][25]. Infectious complications leading also to endocarditis [1,8,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] and non-infectious complications [9,21,23,[34][35][36][37] often necessitating removal [1,2,8,[37][38][39][40][41][42][43] affects patients wellbeing also leading to psychological difficulties increase [23,[44][45][46][47][48][49][50]. In addition, the improved patients' survival with the burden of concomitant diseases , the progressively younger implanted population and the increase in device and procedure complexity have raised the risk of system component structural failures .…”

Pocket infection as a complication of a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

“…The evolution of devices in serious cardiac rhythm pathology management has led progressively to the development of devices for the treatment of bradycardia, ventricular arrhythmia and heart failure and for the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest leading to delivery of pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) plus ICD (CRT-D) and to the recent subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) [23][24][25]. Infectious complications leading also to endocarditis [1,8,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] and noninfectious complications [9,21,23,[34][35][36][37] often necessitating removal [1,2,8,[37][38][39][40][41][42][43] affect patients well-being also leading to psychological difficulties increase [44][45][46][47][48][49][50]. In the emerging scenario of concomitant problems and diseases [51][52][53][54][55][56][57]…”