An indissoluble knot: An unexpected troubleshooting during Micra implantation

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2019 Jun;42(6):747-748. doi: 10.1111/pace.13584. Epub 2018 Dec 27.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: leadless pacemaker; subcutaneous ICD; troubleshooting.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Atrioventricular Block / therapy*
  • Device Removal
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pacemaker, Artificial / adverse effects*
  • Prosthesis Implantation / methods*