A study on distruption of pacemaker lead, especially as to extraction of the lead which migrated the right ventricle

Abstract

Two hundred and fortynine insertions of transvenous endocardial electrode lead have been performed at the Depertment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of Kanazawa Medical University, to August 1984.
We extracted the lead, which was complete distruption and migrated the right ventricle, by means of the grasp forceps for polypectomy without open heart surgery. As this procedure is safty and easy to extract the fructured lead in the intracardiac cavity, it is advisable to use this forceps.