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Abandoned Lead

MedGen UID:
476675
•Concept ID:
C3275042
•
Finding

Definition

The cardiac lead has been left in situ but is not in use. (ACC) [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAbandoned Lead

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Health risk assessment of heavy metals in soil samples from an abandoned industrial waste dumpsite in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Ogundele LT, Adejoro IA, Ayeku PO
Environ Monit Assess 2019 Apr 18;191(5):290. doi: 10.1007/s10661-019-7454-8. PMID: 31001700
Post heart transplant extraction of the abandoned fragments of pacing and defibrillation leads: proposed management algorithm.
Kuśmierski K, Przybylski A, Oręziak A, Sobieszczańska-Małek M, Kołsut P, Różański J
Kardiol Pol 2013;71(2):159-63. doi: 10.5603/KP.2013.0009. PMID: 23575709

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Child lead exposure near abandoned lead acid battery recycling sites in a residential community in Bangladesh: Risk factors and the impact of soil remediation on blood lead levels.
Chowdhury KIA, Nurunnahar S, Kabir ML, Islam MT, Baker M, Islam MS, Rahman M, Hasan MA, Sikder A, Kwong LH, Binkhorst GK, Nash E, Keith J, McCartor A, Luby SP, Forsyth JE
Environ Res 2021 Mar;194:110689. Epub 2021 Jan 4 doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110689. PMID: 33412099
MRI in pediatric and congenital heart disease patients with CIEDs and epicardial or abandoned leads.
Gakenheimer-Smith L, Etheridge SP, Niu MC, Ou Z, Presson AP, Whitaker P, Su J, Puchalski MD, Asaki SY, Pilcher T
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2020 Aug;43(8):797-804. Epub 2020 Jul 6 doi: 10.1111/pace.13984. PMID: 32533566Free PMC Article
Transvenous lead extraction after heart transplantation: How to avoid abandoned lead fragments.
Hahnel F, Pecha S, Bernhardt A, Barten MJ, Chung DU, Sinning C, Willems S, Reichenspurner H, Hakmi S
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2020 Apr;31(4):854-859. Epub 2020 Feb 24 doi: 10.1111/jce.14393. PMID: 32052893
To abandon or not to abandon: Late consequences of pacing and ICD lead abandonment.
Jacheć W, Polewczyk A, Segreti L, Bongiorni MG, Kutarski A
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2019 Jul;42(7):1006-1017. Epub 2019 May 13 doi: 10.1111/pace.13715. PMID: 31046136
Distribution and integrated assessment of lead in an abandoned lead-acid battery site in Southwest China before redevelopment.
Wang M, Zhang C, Zhang Z, Li F, Guo G
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2016 Jun;128:126-32. Epub 2016 Feb 25 doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2016.02.017. PMID: 26921546

Diagnosis

Multicenter retrospective evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric and congenital heart disease patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices.
Gakenheimer-Smith L, Ou Z, Kuang J, Moore JP, Burrows A, Kovach J, Dechert B, Beach CM, Ayers M, Tan RB, Mostafavifar M, Mah DY, Conner TM, Turpin S, Avasarala K, Shah MJ, Webster G, Posey J, Etheridge SP, Binka E, Niu M, Asaki SY, Lambert LM, Pilcher TA
Heart Rhythm 2023 Dec;20(12):1752-1758. Epub 2023 Aug 28 doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.08.034. PMID: 37648183
Recurrent Bacteremia After Heart Transplantation Due to Abandoned Lead Fragment in an Anonymous Vein-A Case Report.
Burger H, Ziegelhoeffer T, Schoenburg M, Richter M
Transplant Proc 2018 Dec;50(10):4071-4074. Epub 2018 Mar 10 doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.03.008. PMID: 30577318
An innovative expression model of human health risk based on the quantitative analysis of soil metals sources contribution in different spatial scales.
Zhang Y, Li S, Wang F, Chen Z, Chen J, Wang L
Chemosphere 2018 Sep;207:60-69. Epub 2018 Apr 30 doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.04.157. PMID: 29772425
Impact of capped and uncapped abandoned leads on the heating of an MR-conditional pacemaker implant.
Mattei E, Gentili G, Censi F, Triventi M, Calcagnini G
Magn Reson Med 2015 Jan;73(1):390-400. Epub 2014 Jan 16 doi: 10.1002/mrm.25106. PMID: 24436030

Therapy

Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices With Abandoned Leads.
Schaller RD, Brunker T, Riley MP, Marchlinski FE, Nazarian S, Litt H
JAMA Cardiol 2021 May 1;6(5):549-556. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.7572. PMID: 33595595Free PMC Article
Abandoned and fractured ICD lead with complete superior veins occlusion: Is transvenous lead extraction still possible?
Bontempi L, Aboelhassan M, Cerini M, Salghetti F, Arabia G, Fabbricatore D, Maiolo V, Giacopelli D, Curnis A
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2020 Nov;31(11):3042-3044. Epub 2020 Sep 29 doi: 10.1111/jce.14752. PMID: 32955129
Transvenous lead extraction after heart transplantation: How to avoid abandoned lead fragments.
Hahnel F, Pecha S, Bernhardt A, Barten MJ, Chung DU, Sinning C, Willems S, Reichenspurner H, Hakmi S
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2020 Apr;31(4):854-859. Epub 2020 Feb 24 doi: 10.1111/jce.14393. PMID: 32052893
To abandon or not to abandon: Late consequences of pacing and ICD lead abandonment.
Jacheć W, Polewczyk A, Segreti L, Bongiorni MG, Kutarski A
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2019 Jul;42(7):1006-1017. Epub 2019 May 13 doi: 10.1111/pace.13715. PMID: 31046136
Procedural outcomes and long-term survival associated with lead extraction in patients with abandoned leads.
Merchant FM, Tejada T, Patel A, El-Khalil J, Desai Y, Keeling B, Lattouf OM, Leon AR, El-Chami MF
Heart Rhythm 2018 Jun;15(6):855-859. Epub 2018 Jan 8 doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2018.01.018. PMID: 29325975

Prognosis

Child lead exposure near abandoned lead acid battery recycling sites in a residential community in Bangladesh: Risk factors and the impact of soil remediation on blood lead levels.
Chowdhury KIA, Nurunnahar S, Kabir ML, Islam MT, Baker M, Islam MS, Rahman M, Hasan MA, Sikder A, Kwong LH, Binkhorst GK, Nash E, Keith J, McCartor A, Luby SP, Forsyth JE
Environ Res 2021 Mar;194:110689. Epub 2021 Jan 4 doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110689. PMID: 33412099
Lead extraction for cardiac implantable electronic device infection: comparable complication rates with or without abandoned leads.
Bracke F, Verberkmoes N, van 't Veer M, van Gelder B
Europace 2019 Sep 1;21(9):1378-1384. doi: 10.1093/europace/euz197. PMID: 31324910
Procedural outcomes and long-term survival associated with lead extraction in patients with abandoned leads.
Merchant FM, Tejada T, Patel A, El-Khalil J, Desai Y, Keeling B, Lattouf OM, Leon AR, El-Chami MF
Heart Rhythm 2018 Jun;15(6):855-859. Epub 2018 Jan 8 doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2018.01.018. PMID: 29325975
Assessing remedial effectiveness through the blood lead:soil/dust lead relationship at the Bunker Hill Superfund Site in the Silver Valley of Idaho.
von Lindern I, Spalinger S, Petroysan V, von Braun M
Sci Total Environ 2003 Feb 15;303(1-2):139-70. doi: 10.1016/s0048-9697(02)00352-2. PMID: 12568769
Retained pacemaker leads.
Furman S, Behrens M, Andrews C, Klementowicz P
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 Nov;94(5):770-2. PMID: 3669704

Clinical prediction guides

Geospatial approach to investigate spatial clustering and hotspots of blood lead levels in children within Kabwe, Zambia.
Moonga G, Chisola MN, Berger U, Nowak D, Yabe J, Nakata H, Nakayama S, Ishizuka M, Bose-O'Reilly S
Environ Res 2022 May 1;207:112646. Epub 2021 Dec 31 doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112646. PMID: 34979123
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices With Abandoned Leads.
Schaller RD, Brunker T, Riley MP, Marchlinski FE, Nazarian S, Litt H
JAMA Cardiol 2021 May 1;6(5):549-556. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.7572. PMID: 33595595Free PMC Article
Child lead exposure near abandoned lead acid battery recycling sites in a residential community in Bangladesh: Risk factors and the impact of soil remediation on blood lead levels.
Chowdhury KIA, Nurunnahar S, Kabir ML, Islam MT, Baker M, Islam MS, Rahman M, Hasan MA, Sikder A, Kwong LH, Binkhorst GK, Nash E, Keith J, McCartor A, Luby SP, Forsyth JE
Environ Res 2021 Mar;194:110689. Epub 2021 Jan 4 doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110689. PMID: 33412099
Lead extraction for cardiac implantable electronic device infection: comparable complication rates with or without abandoned leads.
Bracke F, Verberkmoes N, van 't Veer M, van Gelder B
Europace 2019 Sep 1;21(9):1378-1384. doi: 10.1093/europace/euz197. PMID: 31324910
Impact of capped and uncapped abandoned leads on the heating of an MR-conditional pacemaker implant.
Mattei E, Gentili G, Censi F, Triventi M, Calcagnini G
Magn Reson Med 2015 Jan;73(1):390-400. Epub 2014 Jan 16 doi: 10.1002/mrm.25106. PMID: 24436030

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