Open AccessDelayed right ventricular perforation complicated by intracardiac thrombosis after implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator implantation
Author(s) -
Ito Tsuyoshi,
Goto Toshihiko,
Kawada Yu,
Ohte Nobuyuki
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of arrhythmia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.463
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1883-2148
pISSN - 1880-4276
DOI - 10.1002/joa3.12007
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , thrombosis , perforation , anticoagulant therapy , concomitant , cardiology , surgery , punching , materials science , metallurgy
Cardiac perforation and intracardiac thrombosis are infrequent complications after implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator ( ICD ) implantation, and a case of lead perforation complicated by thrombosis is extremely rare. We report the case of a 66‐year‐old man with delayed ICD lead perforation concomitant with intracardiac lead thrombosis successfully treated by anticoagulant therapy followed by transvenous lead management.