lead extraction

anyone here had a lead extraction done at Duke Medical Center. Expecting a PM change and a ventrical lead change sometime in the next two/three weeks


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How old is the lead?

by PacerRep - 2013-11-27 11:11:45

If your vessel is open I would caution you against an extraction. Ask your physician to preform a venogram to determine if the vein is patent. If he can squeeze another wire in there...if it were me...I'd skip the extraction.

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