title: Successful management of late right ventricular perforation after pacemaker implantation.
abstract: Complications of pacemaker implantation include myocardial perforation, venous thrombosis, vegetations of the tricuspid valve or pacing lead, and tricuspid regurgitation. We report a patient presenting with a case of delayed ventricular lead perforation through the right ventricle. The lead was uneventfully extracted under transesophageal echocardiographic observation in the operating room with cardiac surgery backup.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Amir K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bigdeli
authors.forename: Andres
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beiras-Fernandez
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmoeckel
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reichart
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011859:Radiography; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*