[Hazards and complications of temporary endocardial stimulation].
In conducting 381 stimulations in 330 patients with brady- and tachysystolic disorders of cardiac rhythm of various etiology 122 complications were revealed. Dislocation of the electrode was noted in 71 cases (18.6%), perforation of the myocardium by the endocardial electrode in 9 (2.1%), ventricular fibrillation in 11 (2.3%), and sepsis in 5 (1.3%) of the cases. A special device may be used for the immediate detection of dislocation. Characteristic changes are noted on the intracardiac ECG in penetration of the electrode into the myocardium (precursor of perforation).
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004699:Endocardium / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology*
Opasnosti i oslozhneniia vremennoĭ endokardial'noĭ stimuliatsii.