Abandoned PM lead

• by hutter@montana.com
• 2015-02-05 09:02:18
• Complications
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Someone posted about having occasional sharp pain which were doubling him/her up. I suffered the same to the point of not wanting to drive.

My cardiac surgeon's nurse diagnosed the problem as an "abandoned" PM lead from bypass surgery.

Apparently only 5% of cardiac surgery patients experience difficulty with this foreign body.

I had it removed under local anesthetic but it normally requires at least sedation.

Instant relief.