title: The tricuspid valve: an unusual site of endocardial pacemaker lead fracture.
abstract: Two patients are described in this article who developed fractures of transvenous endocardial pacing leads at the point of passage across the tricuspid valve. In one case life-threatening asystole occurred, emphasizing the potential seriousness of this complication.
authors: Cardiology Department, Brompton Hospital, London.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Clarke
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Jones
authors: H H
authors: HH
authors: Gray
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Rowland
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D014261:Tricuspid Valve