Literature - clinical procedural success was achieved in 126 of 131 patients (96.2%).Complete extraction success was achieved in 246 of 267 targeted leads (92.1%).No patient in our series experienced vascular injury, and in particular there was no tear, perforation, or other apparent damage to the superior vena cava.Four patients experienced a total of 5 major complications (table 3).Three patients developed pericardial effusion requiring drainage.Two strokes occurred during or within 24 hours after the procedure.There were no procedural deaths.Minor complications occurred in 11 of 131 patients (8.4%) (table 3).More than half of these minor complications were an increase in the grade of tricuspid regurgitation without the need for immediate intervention.Most frequently, this was a finding reported on the intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram without clinical correlation.However, 1 patient required tricuspid valve replacement 5 years after his extraction procedure for right heart failure that could not be adequately managed medically.
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