title: Clinical presentation of endocardial pacing lead malfunction.
abstract: This study highlights the wide spectrum of manifestation of pacing lead malfunction. Patients judged to be pacer dependent or in whom ventricular lead malfunction is suspected, and patients with severe symptoms before pacemaker implantation, should be considered at high risk for the development of hemodynamic compromise; prompt hospital admission and pacing lead replacement should be performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Helguera
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Maloney
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Fahy
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Pinski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology