Twiddling in cardiac resynchronization therapy: 'when length matters'.
We report on a 75-year-old woman who successfully underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy. Two weeks after implantation, right continuous pectoral stimulation appeared. Retraction and dislodgement of the right atrial and right ventricular leads as well as coiling of the three leads around the device generator were observed on chest radiography, but, surprisingly, the left ventricular lead remained unaffected due to its major length to facilitate the manoeuvers of implantation.
Arias
Miguel A
MA
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Planta Semisótano, Avda. Barber 30, 45004 Toledo, Spain. maapalomares@secardiologia.es
Puchol
Alberto
A
Pachón
Marta
M
Castellanos
Eduardo
E
Rodríguez-Padial
Luis
L
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000592:standards; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation