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Extreme Intracardiac Coiling of a Transvenous Pacemaker; A Case Report
Author(s) -
KOUBA CRAIG,
LIU DEBRA,
EVERETT GEORGE,
KERBER RICHARD E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1985.tb05771.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , transvenous pacing , complication , catheter , fixation (population genetics) , surgery , cardiology , population , environmental health
We report an unusual complication of transvenous pacing: extreme coiling of a pacemaker catheter, which formed a redundant, twisted loop protruding into the right ventricular outflow tract. This may be a result of “tividdling” (rotation) of the pacemaker generator by the patient and/or inadequate fixation of the catheter at the venous entry site. Careful fixation of the generator to the venous entry site within the subcutaneous pocket may prevent such a complication.