title: Delayed right-ventricular perforation by pacemaker lead; a rare complication in a 12-year-old girl.
abstract: Developments in the diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart diseases have led to an increase in the need for intracardiac pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation. Various complications related to these interventions can be seen in the short term (pneumothorax, pericardial effusion, cardiac perforation, etc…) and in the long term (infection, subclavian vein thrombosis, sensing and pacing problems, battery erosion and cardiac perforation). In this report, we present a rare case of cardiac perforation occurring 2 years after pacemaker implantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. h_h_aykan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Hayrettin Hakan
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Aykan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akın
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: İlker
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Ertuğrul
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tevfik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karagöz
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography