title: Case of early right ventricular pacing lead perforation and review of the literature.
abstract: We report a case of a 77-year-old patient with complete atrioventricular block. She underwent permanent pacemaker implantation complicated by right ventricular lead perforation. This was suspected on transthoracic echocardiogram and confirmed by chest computed tomography. The lead was repositioned in the cardiac electrophysiology lab followed by an uneventful course thereafter.
authors.affiliation: Gary Nash, John Mark Williams, Rajasekhar Nekkanti, Assad Movahed, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville, NC 27858, United States.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nash
authors.affiliation: Gary Nash, John Mark Williams, Rajasekhar Nekkanti, Assad Movahed, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville, NC 27858, United States.
authors.forename: John Mark
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Gary Nash, John Mark Williams, Rajasekhar Nekkanti, Assad Movahed, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville, NC 27858, United States.
authors.forename: Rajasekhar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nekkanti
authors.affiliation: Gary Nash, John Mark Williams, Rajasekhar Nekkanti, Assad Movahed, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville, NC 27858, United States.
authors.forename: Assad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Movahed
keywords: Lead; Pacemaker; Perforation