title: Dislocation of a non-functional transvenous ventricular pacemaker lead in a child 6 years following abandonment.
abstract: This case report describes for the first time a late dislocation of an abandoned transvenous ventricular pacemaker (PM) lead in a child. Further management of this complication and the importance for follow-up of PM leads are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 30, A-8036 Graz, Austria. bert.nagel@klinikum-graz.at
authors.forename: Bert
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nagel
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koestenberger
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Knez
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gamillscheg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D054537:Atrioventricular Block / Q000628:therapy*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005355:Fibrosis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography