Table 4.

Main features in patients who died.

Pt No	Age(years)/Gender	Type of Device	Heart Disease	LV EF	Complication of Extraction	Ghost Presence	Ghost Max Length (mm)	Days after Explantation, Cause of Death
2	76/M	ICD	Ischemic DCM	27%	-	no	-	62, Acute HF
4	78/M	ICD	Ischemic DCM	25%	-	yes	8	20, ARDS
12	49/F	PM	Infiltrative CM	45%	-	yes	7	35, MOF
24	81/M	ICD	Ischemic DCM	30%	-	no	-	81, Acute HF

ICD—implantable cardioverter defibrillator; PM—pacemaker; DCM—dilated cardiomyopathy; CM—cardiomyopathy (Fabry disease related); HF—heart failure; ARDS—acute respiratory distress syndrome; MOF—multiple organ failure (liver and kidney) triggered by multi-antibiotic treatment