Ghostbusters should come back to lead extraction arena in order to fight with ghosts: Author's reply

We appreciate the interest of Dr Canpolat in our article.1,2 Persistence of residual fibrous tissue after transvenous lead extraction (TLE) has been described variously over the last few years.3–5 Focusing on pathophysiological mechanism for development of ‘ghost’, Andreas et al. described the histopathology of an inhomogeneous highly mobile structure in the right atrium after TLE, as organized thrombus in a case report.6 Immunohistochemical analysis of 17 extracted leads revealed that a fibrous capsule surrounding the lead was …