Results
TEE before TLE was performed in 936 patients (355 women; 37.92%), mean
age 67.08 ±14.50 years. Noninfectious indications were most common
reasons for TLE (727 patients; 77.67%). Pocket infection was detected
in 58 (6.20%) patients, lead-related infective endocarditis in 151
(16.03%) patients. The remaining clinical characteristics of the
patients, features of CIEDs and TLE procedures are summarized in Table
1.