Arrhythmias & electrophysiology
Safety and success of transvenous lead extraction using excimer laser sheaths: a meta-analysis of over 1700 patients
Authors' conclusion
This meta-analysis demonstrated that excimer laser sheath-assisted TLE has high success and low procedural mortality rates.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing transvenous lead extraction (TLE) with excimer laser sheaths, studies 1 April 2016–31 March 202117 articles · 2,887 leads
- Participants
- 1,729 patients
- Outcome
- TLE procedural success rate
Methodological detailsrandom-effects, inverse-variance-weighting
- Random-effects, inverse-variance-weighting
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Procedural success per patient
96.8%
1440/1505; 95% CI 94.9–98.2%
Procedural success per lead
96.3%
1447/1501; 95% CI 94.8–97.4%
Further pooled results
Clinical success rate per patient
- Clinical success per patient
- 98.3% (989/1010; 95% CI 97.4-99.0%)
Leads per patient and lead dwell time
- Leads per patient, on average (± 0.3)
- 2.3
- Lead dwell time, years (± 3.0)
- 7.9
Original publication
Safety and success of transvenous lead extraction using excimer laser sheaths: a meta-analysis of over 1700 patients. Europace. Published 27 September 2023. doi:10.
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