During device replacement for normal battery depletion, there was difficulty removing the left ventricular (lv) lead from the header of the device.The distal pin of the lv lead remained inside the header.The physician elected to partially cut the lv lead and repair it with medical adhesive so it could successfully be inserted into the header of the new device.Loss of capture was observed following the procedure; the device was reprogrammed to resolve the event.The patient was stable following the procedure and there were no adverse consequences.
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