Open AccessLate Post‐operative Perforation of the Right Ventricle by a Tined Pacing Lead—Report of a Case—
Author(s) -
Noma Mio,
Enomoto Yoshiharu,
Matsushita Shounosuke,
Hiramatsu Yuji,
Shigeta Osamu,
Toyama Masahiro,
Sakakibara Yuzuru
Publication year - 2006
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 - 10.1016/s1880-4276(06)80027-x
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , perforation , lead (geology) , pericardial cavity , cardiology , surgery , pericardium , materials science , punching , geomorphology , metallurgy , geology
Myocardial perforation by a pacing lead occurred 12 days after implantation. The lead was propelled into the myocardium of the anterior wall of ventricles without passing through the left ventricular cavity, and finally protruded into the pericardial cavity. Computed tomography of the chest was helpful for confirming the perforation by the pacing lead.