Transient ischaemic attack due to the lead of an implantable defibrillator in the left heart | Zendy

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Transient ischaemic attack due to the lead of an implantable defibrillator in the left heart

Author(s) -

Anthony Alozie,

Bernd Westphal,

Can Yerebakan,

Gustav Steinhoff

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 56

eISSN - 1569-9293

pISSN - 1569-9285

DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivr033

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , transient (computer programming) , lead (geology) , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , geomorphology , geology , computer science , operating system

A frequently underdiagnosed complication of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead implantation is the unintentional advancement of the leads into the systemic circulation. We report a case encountered in our clinic in a 70-year old man evaluated in a neighbouring clinic with symptoms of transient ischaemic attack with initially unclear aetiology. Posterior-anterior chest X-rays suggested that the lead was in the left heart. This finding was confirmed by transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography.

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