Essential Site Maintenance: Authorea-powered sites will be updated circa 15:00-17:00 Eastern on Tuesday 5 November.
There should be no interruption to normal services, but please contact us at [email protected] in case you face any issues.

loading page

Effective Antitachycardia Therapy by Temporary External Defibrillator Utilized as Bridge to Reimplantation
  • +2
  • Giulio Falasconi,
  • Giuseppe d'Angelo,
  • Luigi Pannone,
  • Alessandra Marzi,
  • Patrizio Mazzone
Giulio Falasconi
San Raffaele Hospital

Corresponding Author:[email protected]

Author Profile
Giuseppe d'Angelo
Ospedale San Raffaele
Author Profile
Luigi Pannone
Ospedale San Raffaele
Author Profile
Alessandra Marzi
Ospedale San Raffaele
Author Profile
Patrizio Mazzone
Ospedale San Raffaele
Author Profile

Abstract

The increasing number of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED)-carriers is leading to a growing need of transvenous lead extraction of various levels of complexity. Although still little utilized for patients with CIED-related infection and concomitant history of VT, report a peculiar case of transvenous lead extraction with the following temporary external cardioverter-defibrillator implantation as a bridge to reimplantation; this bridge system had a life-saving role for the patient by stopping an episode of sustained ventricular tachycardia through antitachycardia pacing.