Left ventricular malposition of a transvenous cardioverter defibrillator lead: a 3-year follow-up.
A case of left ventricular malposition of a transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead through an atrial septal defect is presented. The patient has been continually anticoagulated with warfarin. A 3-year follow-up has thus far been uneventful.
Kusniec
J
J
Cardiology Division, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
Mazur
A
A
Hirsch
R
R
Strasberg
B
B
D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin