The Excimer Laser Technology
Procedure:
The innovative Excimer laser technology is crucial in the care and treatment of patients with specific post-implantation concerns. After pacemaker device implantation, sometimes the lead wires tend to stick to the cardiac tissues due to fibrotic adhesions or scars that develop as the body begins to recover. Thus making the extraction more difficult. Failure to remove infected wires can lead to aggravated infection or other life-threatening complications. Often open-heart surgery is performed to remove infected leads.
The Excimer laser system emits a cool beam of ultraviolet light at a specific wavelength of 308 nanometers to precisely break down, vaporize and remove the adhesions. This part of the process is called pulsed photo ablation. In addition, the laser penetration depth is only 50 microns – thus making the procedure safe, efficient and lifesaving.
Major Indications:
The implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices such as pacemakers has increased over the time leading to high survival rates and improved quality of life among patients with cardiac rhythm disorders. However, sometimes cardiac electronic implantable devices may cause post-implantation complications such as pocket infections and lead dysfunction.
With the use of the use of the Excimer laser technology the infected parts of the pacemaker from patient’s hearts can be removed swiftly. Patients have shown significant progress after this unique intervention by the clinical team of Apollo Hospitals.
