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An indissoluble knot: An unexpected troubleshooting during Micra implantation
Author(s) -
Cipolletta Laura,
Volpato Giovanni,
Biffi Mauro,
Capucci Alessandro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/pace.13584
Subject(s) - medicine , troubleshooting , knot (papermaking) , surgery , femoral vein , operating system , chemical engineering , computer science , engineering
Micra is a transcatheter leadless pacing system delivered percutaneously through femoral vein access into the right ventricle. We are going to describe an initially standard procedure, with an unexpected troubleshooting at the end: the impossibility to release the device and retract the delivery due to a knot in the tether.
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