A 2012 survey of more than 1,100 dialysis nurses reported that 76% witnessed a dislodgment in the prior five years, and 8% said they had seen five or more.

If dislodgment occurs within 48 hours of plug placement, “it usually means that the punctum was overdilated,” Dr. Morris said. However, in cases were dislodgment happens after 48 hours, “you ...

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Atrial lead dislodgment to the ventricle might also result in inappropriate shocks caused by ventricular oversensing of noise generated by contact between the leads (Fig. 3).

Joe P. Chauvapun, MD; Maciej Dryjski, MD, PhD Disclosures Vascular. 2005;13 (1):50-57.

The Tempo lead was left in place post-procedure in 71.6% of the cases, of which 84.1% mobilized out of bed while maintaining stable pace capture with no dislodgment.