A lead extraction case commenced to remove three leads: one left ventricular (lv), one right ventricular (rv), and one right atrial lead (ra).The physician began the procedure by extracting the lv lead using a spectranetics lead locking device (lld) and spectranetics glidelight laser sheath.The lld was placed through the coronary sinus to extract the lv lead.During the extraction of the lv lead an rv effusion was noted.While the lld moved through the coronary sinus, it is unable to be determined if the lld could have caused the effusion in the rv.Once the lv lead and lld had been removed, the physician stated the effusion had improved.No further intervention was required; the patient remained hemodynamically stable through the lv lead extraction.The patient sustained a superior vena cava (svc) injury also during this event, but is not related to the lld device present within the lv lead.The svc injury is captured in mdr 1721279-2019-00079, for reference.
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