Description
All CIED implanters encounter complications. This activity will reveal best practicies to minimize and/or manage the most common complications.
This was presented at Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions 2019.
Presenters
Chairs:
Khaldoun G. Tarakji, MD, MPH, FHRS, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Peter H. Belott, MD, FHRS, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa, CA
Pocket Hematoma Prevention: Lessons learned from Bruise Control I and II
David H. Birnie, MD, Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
How to Avoid a Hole in the Heart During Device Implantation?
Marwan M. Refaat, MD, FHRS, American University of Beirut, Department of Internal Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon
Are All Leads the Same? How Can We Avoid the Lemon?
Edward J. Schloss, MD, FHRS, The Christ Hospital Physicians, Cincinnati, OH
How to Manage a Coronary Sinus Dissection and Complete the CRT Implantation
Amin Al-Ahmad, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, TX
Pocket Infection-Lessons learned from PADIT
Andrew D. Krahn, MD, FHRS, Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada