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Virtual Lead Extraction Experts Meeting


Our Virtual Lead Extraction Experts Meeting (VLEEM) was created with the goal of connecting experts within the field of lead extraction from around the world.

What began as a small, invitation-only event has transformed into a global event, bringing experts together to present on and discuss the current challenges and newest techniques in lead extraction. The practices and information discussed will provide the knowledge and tools to build your extraction program with patient safety in mind. These discussions are targeted at physicians and fellows currently participating in or interested in beginning a lead extraction program.

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Managing your transvenous lead extraction and avoiding trouble (October 4, 2024)

Prof. Dr. Federico Migliore (Padova, Italy)
Managing troubleidentifying potential problems before they happen
Video code:
LM-WF243521-EN

Dr. Roger Freedman (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States)
Using alternative approaches to prevent trouble
Video code: LM-WF243416-EN

Dr. Alexander Breitenstein (Zurich, Switzerland)
What to do when leads break?
Video code: LM-WF243503-EN

Dr. Raymond Schaerf (California, United States)
Awful cases: navigating from a catastrophe to a great outcome
Video code: LM-WF243512-EN

 

Complications: How to manage and how to avoid (October 20, 2023)

Dr. Raymond Schaerf, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Tricuspid valve damage
Video code: LM-D69026-EN
Dr. Santiago Nava, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Mexico City, Mexico
Pocket erosions & management
Video code: LM-D69024-EN
Dr. Alexander Breitenstein, Cardiology University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Heart failure & hemodynamic crashes
Video code: LM-D69025-EN
Prof. Christoph Starck, German Heart Center in Berlin, Germany
All for one? Targeting just the culprit lead? What about the bystanders?
Video code: LM-D69122-EN
Dr. Nigel Lever, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
All for one? Targeting just the culprit lead? What about the bystanders?
Video code: LM-D69121-EN

Avoiding future troubles: Tips for implanters from lead extraction experts (June 24, 2022)

Dr. Kim Rajappan, Consultant Cardiologist, Oxford University
Venous access: Needle or knife?
Video code: LM-D64774-EN
Prof. Federico Migliore, Associate Professor, University of Padova
The tricuspid matters
Video code: LM-D64774-EN
Prof. Morio Shoda, Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University
Initial implant techniques: peri-procedural management
Video code: LM-D64774-EN
Dr. Santiago Nava, Head of Cardiac EP, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Mexico
Pocket localization and alternative pocket sites
Video code: LM-D64774-EN
Dr. Edward Rowland, Consultant Cardiologist, Barts Heart Centre
Should CIED generator changes be performed by the most experienced operators?
Video code: LM-D64774-EN
Dr. Archana Rao, Consultant Cardiologist, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
What one needs to know for revision procedures
Video code: LM-D64774-EN
Dr. Pamela Mason, Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Virginia
How and what to refer for extraction case
Video code: LM-D64774-EN

Current challenges in treating CIED infections, new insights and old stories: tales of infected cardiac devices (September 3, 2021)

Prof. Paola Anna Erba, Associate Professor in Nuclear Medicine, University of Pisa
Diagnosis of CIED pocket infections
Video code: LM-D62973-EN
Dr. Archana Rao, Consultant Cardiologist, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
Special aspects of extraction procedures in patients with pocket infections
Video code: LM-D62972-EN
Dr. Amir Zaidi, Consultant Cardiologist, Manchester University Hospitals
Diagnosis of systemic CIED infections
Video code: LM-D62960-EN
Prof. Andrej Trampuz, Senior Consultant for Infectious Diseases, Charité University Hospital Berlin
Are antibiotics the only option? Antibiotic treatment & alternative strategies
Video code: LM-D62971-EN
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