Large, Single‐Center Experience in Transvenous Coronary Sinus Lead Extraction: Procedural Outcomes and Predictors for Mechanical Dilatation

Abstract

CS leads were safely and effectively removed in nearly all patients, and 70% were removed with MT alone; 30% required MD. Preoperative predictors suggesting the need for MD or TFA were noninfective indication and unipolar lead design. Complications were rare, and there was no predictable pattern among MT or MD removal techniques.