Quantifying Risk After Transvenous Lead Extraction

: On the coattails of the incredible growth in pacemaker and ICD implantation over the past decades have come a myriad of device and lead complications. Transvenous lead extraction (TLE) has become the gold standard for the management of many of these complications. Although advances in TLE tools and techniques have improved the safety of the procedure, serious complications including death can occur. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.