Migration of a fractured retention wire in the pulmonary artery from an active fixation atrial lead.
A fragment of fractured retention wire of an atrial J lead (Accufix) was found in the pulmonary artery in an asymptomatic patient by routine chest X ray, fluoroscopy, and pulmonary angiography. The lead itself looked normal in these imaging studies. Results after successful surgical removal was reported.
Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology), National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
H L
HL
Kao
S S
SS
Wang
W J
WJ
Chen
S K
SK
Huang
Y T
YT
Lee
D000328:Adult; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography