Single-step transvenous extraction of a passive fixation lead with delayed perforation of the right ventricle.
Delayed pacemaker lead perforation is a very rare complication and most of the published reports involve active fixation leads. The authors report an uneventful transvenous extraction of a passive fixation lead, which had a delayed perforation of the right ventricle, disclosed two months after pacemaker implantation.
Lopes
Luís Rocha
LR
Cardiology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Pragal 2801-951, Almada, Portugal. luisrlopes@hotmail.com
Brandão
Luís
L
Carrageta
Manuel
M
D000368:Aged; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*