PMC4631745_01
A - Proximal end of the abandoned non-functional lead penetrating pulmonary tissue. B - Removed leads covered with fibrotic tissue. C, D - The lead recaptured with a lasso via the left subclavian approach
PWKI-11-25714-g001.jpg
PMC4631745_01_PWKI-11-25714-g001.jpg
F0001
After unsuccessful grasping of the non-functional lead at the level of the right ventricle (due to adherences to the wall), it was successfully captured in the pulmonary artery using a pig-tail catheter; afterwards the proximal end was grasped in the right atrium lumen with a lasso catheter and the lead was finally extracted using the left subclavian approach and dilator sheaths (Figure 1).