An Unusual Case of Embolic Stroke: A Permanent Ventricular Pacemaker Lead Entirely Within the Arterial System Documented by Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography.
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.
Adnan Aslam
Ahmad
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Heart Clinic of Louisiana, 1111 Medical Center Boulevard, Suite N613, Marrero, LA 70072. 504-349-6621.
McIlwain
Elizabeth F.
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Talano
James V.
JV
Ferguson
T. Bruce
TB
McKinnie
James
J
Kerut
Edmund Kenneth
EK