Late perforation of a defibrillator lead managed by percutaneous, intravenous extraction.
We report the case of a patient with ischaemic cardiomyopathy who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator back-up. He re-presented 3 weeks later with chest pain, having received two shocks. We describe a case of late perforation with the Riata lead causing inappropriate shocks.
Sekar
Baskar
B
Department of Cardiology, Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield, UK. cardiologists@hotmail.com
Tapp
Luke
L
Chalil
Shajil
S
Marshall
Howard
H
Leyva
Francisco
F
D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000628:therapy; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography