GHOSTS AFTER LEAD REMOVAL: ETIOLOGY AND PROGNOSTIC IMPACT. A REPORT OF AN INTRACARDICAC AND TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY

Ghosts are new mass lesions in the right cardiac chamber after leads extraction, whose clinical significance is not clear. Because we do not know the true origin of ghosts, prolonged hospitalization and antibiotic therapy are considered necessary. Sixteen patients scheduled for leads removal