Journal of Arrhythmia (Aug 2015)

Successful transjugular extraction of a lead in front of the anterior scalene muscle by using snare technique

  • Ayako Okada, MD,
  • Kazunori Aizawa, MD,
  • Takeshi Tomita, MD,
  • Kouji Yoshie, MD,
  • Takahiro Takeuchi, MD,
  • Morio Shoda, MD,
  • Uichi Ikeda, MD

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2014.12.002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 4
pp. 249 – 251

Abstract

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The incidence of cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection is increasing. We report a case of and successful device removal in a 79-year-old man with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator infection. Right phrenic nerve paralysis was evident on chest radiography. The lead was in front of the anterior scalene muscle, close to the left phrenic nerve. Therefore, extraction carried a risk of bilateral phrenic nerve paralysis. The lead was successfully extracted from the right internal jugular vein by using the snare technique. No complications occurred, and the extraction was successful.

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