Successful management of late right ventricular perforation after pacemaker implantation.
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.
Bigdeli
Amir K
AK
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
Beiras-Fernandez
Andres
A
Kaczmarek
Ingo
I
Kowalski
Christian
C
Schmoeckel
Michael
M
Reichart
Bruno
B
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*