title: An incidental diagnosis of multiple pacemaker lead fractures.
abstract: Lead fractures are uncommon complications of pacemaker implantation. This article describes a patient with an incidental diagnosis of multiple atrial lead fractures many years after pacemaker implantation.
authors.affiliation: At the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tenn., Smith Giri is an internal medicine resident, Inyong Hwang is a fellow in cardiovascular medicine, and Shadwan Alsafwah is an assistant professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Smith
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giri
authors.forename: Inyong
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Shadwan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alsafwah
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*