Repositioning and extraction of stylet‐driven pacing leads with extendable helix used for left bundle branch area pacing
Jean‐Benoît le Polain de Waroux, Jean‐Yves Wielandts, Kris Gillis, Gabriela Hilfiker, Antonio Sorgente, Lucio Capulzini, Bert Geerts, Sébastien Knecht, Mattias Duytschaever, René Tavernier
Abstract
Conventional stylet-driven leads with extendable helix can be implanted successfully for left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP) with a low acute complication rate. We report two cases in which lead repositioning after a first unsuccessful attempt to LBBAP was associated with fracture of the helix rotating mechanism and failure to fully extract the pacing lead.
Topics & Concepts
StyletMedicineBundleLead (geology)Helix (gastropod)Cardiac pacingCardiologyInternal medicineAnatomyMaterials scienceComposite materialSnailGeologyEcologyBiologyGeomorphologyCardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesCardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair