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Patient 1
A LEAD EXTRACTION PROCEDURE COMMENCED TO REMOVE LEADS IN THE RIGHT VENTRICLE (RV), RIGHT ATRIUM (RA), AND 2 IN THE LEFT VENTRICLE (LV), DUE TO BACTEREMIA. THE RV, RA, AND ONE LV LEAD WERE EXTRACTED SUCCESSFULLY. THE LAST LV LEAD WAS BEING EXTRACTED WITH A SPECTRANETICS 14F GLIDELIGHT LASER SHEATH; HOWEVER IT WAS REPORTED THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF THE LEAD, BUT STILL REMOVED SUCCESSFULLY AND SUBSEQUENT TO THE EXTRACTION OF ALL THE LEADS, A TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAM (TEE) WAS PERFORMED. THE TEE SHOWED AN EFFUSION AND THEN THE PATIENTS BLOOD PRESSURE DROPPED. RESCUE INTERVENTION COMMENCED AND A PERICARDIOCENTESIS WAS PERFORMED WITH NO SUCCESS. IT WAS THEN THAT THEY PERFORMED A STERNOTOMY IN ORDER TO FIND OUT WHERE THE BLEEDING WAS COMING FROM. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A TEAR IN THE CORONARY SINUS AND IT WAS REPAIRED SUCCESSFULLY. THE PATIENT RECEIVED 4 UNITS OF BLOOD DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE PATIENT SURVIVED THE PROCEDURE.