title: An Unusual Case of Embolic Stroke: A Permanent Ventricular Pacemaker Lead Entirely Within the Arterial System Documented by Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography.
abstract: A pacemaker lead in the left ventricle is a rare complication of implantation. Recognition of this complication is important because thromboembolic events are associated. We report the first case, to our knowledge, of a patient who had a permanent pacemaker implanted via the left subclavian artery to the left ventricle, which is documented by electrocardiography, chest radiography, thoracic echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Heart Clinic of Louisiana, 1111 Medical Center Boulevard, Suite N613, Marrero, LA 70072. 504-349-6621.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adnan Aslam
authors.forename: Elizabeth F.
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: McIlwain
authors.forename: James V.
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Talano
authors.forename: T. Bruce
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McKinnie
authors.forename: Edmund Kenneth
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Kerut