ICD Lead Extraction

3,993 views · Published 10 December 2013 · 2:13 · Indexed 10 October 2026

Channel: Penn Medicine · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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ICD lead extraction is a specialty of the EP Program at Penn Medicine. The procedure requires an acute grasp of the relationship of nerves, vessels and muscle at the implantation site, and the concomitant risk of fibrotic encapsulation of the leads.

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