title: Delayed perforation of the right ventricle as a complication of permanent cardiac pacing - is following the guidelines always the right choice? Non-standard treatment - a case report and literature review.
abstract: A case of a delayed perforation of the right ventricle by the pacemaker lead in a 67-year-old woman is presented. Perforation, mimicking stenocardial symptoms, was incidentally diagnosed on a computed tomography chest scan. Percutaneous lead extraction was successfully performed, with simultaneous implantation of a new pacemaker lead.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrocardiology, The John Paul II Hospital, Krakow.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rydlewska
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Małecka
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zabek
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Klimeczek
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lelakowski
authors.forename: Mieczysław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pasowicz
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czajkowski
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kutarski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D020878:Device Removal; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed