Dynamic tricuspid valve insufficiency produced by a right ventricular thrombus from a pacemaker.
Acquired tricuspid valve incompetence was caused by a mobile thrombus attached to a permanent right ventricular endocardial electrode wire. The rarity of this complication is noted and the importance of its consideration in the proper setting is stressed. Diagnosis was made by angiography and confirmed at surgery.
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011859:Radiography; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*