Open AccessBeeping ICD device: Case report
Author(s) -
Hatice Kemal,
Evrim Şimşek,
Elif İlkay Yüce,
Tahir Yağdı,
Cemil Gürgün,
Mustafa Akın
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of the cardiovascular academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2405-819X
pISSN - 2405-8181
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijcac.2015.11.001
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , perforation , complication , resuscitation , materials science , punching , metallurgy
A 56-year-old man with history of coronary bypass 6years ago and ICD implantation 5months ago was admitted to hospital after hearing a beeping from the ICD. On chest x-ray, the tip of the lead had migrated out of the heart silhouette. Percutaneous lead extraction was performed under close monitoring and fully equipped for pericardiosynthesis and resuscitation with on standby surgical backup. Although right ventricle perforation is a rare complication of pacemaker implants, regardless of the lead fixation mechanism, the possibility of perforation should always be considered