CCCardiol CroatCardiologia CroaticaCardiol. Croat.1848-543X1848-5448Croatian Cardiac SocietyCC 2021 16_11-12_35310.15836/ccar2021.353Invasive and interventional cardiologyExtended AbstractComplications of electrode extractions: a case reportKomplikacije ekstrakcija elektroda: prikaz slučajahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9863-4113KlasanMarina*https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5937-4865BuraSašahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6868-3579MatkovićKatarinahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3403-4773HodanićIvanahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8118-1867BaracBorisKlinički bolnički centar Rijeka, Rijeka, HrvatskaUniversity Hospital Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, CroatiaAddress for correspondence: Marina Klasan, Klinički bolnički centar Rijeka, Tome Strižića 3, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia. / Phone: +385-91-167-95-78 / E-mail: klasan.m@gmail.com1020211611-1235335307092021140920212021Croatian Cardiac SocietyKLJUČNE RIJEČI: ekstrakcija elektrodekomplikacije elektrostimulatoraKEYWORDS: electrode extractioncomplications of pacemaker
The electrode extraction procedure, although successful in most patients, is one of the most complex and risky procedures in the field of cardiology. (1, 2) Complications can be more or less serious. More serious complications include: death, myocardial rupture with consequent tamponade, rupture of large veins, pulmonary embolism that requires surgery, and other. Mild complications that can occur are: pericardial effusion that does not require pericardiocentesis or surgery, hemothorax that does not require thoracic drain, swelling of the upper extremity or vein thrombosis through which the electrode was inserted, air embolism, pneumothorax, and other. We will present the case of a patient in whom, during electrode extraction, a large blood vessel ruptured, a condition that requires urgent surgical intervention by opening the chest.
LITERATURECalvagnaGMEvolaRValsecchiS. A complication of pacemaker lead extraction: pulmonary embolization of an electrode fragment. . 2010 May;12(5):613. 10.1093/europace/euq06520219755ŽidanDBrusichSKlasanMBenkoKMalić ZahirovićDGrgićITransvenous Pacemaker Lead Extraction: First Experiences in the University Hospital Centre Rijeka. . 2015;10(7-8):179–85. 10.15836/ccar.2015.179