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The Tricuspid Valve: An Unusual Site of Endocardial Pacemaker Lead Fracture
Author(s) -
CLARKE BERNARD,
JONES SUSAN,
GRAY HUON H.,
ROWLAND EDWARD
Publication year - 1989
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.1540-8159.1989.tb01929.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asystole , tricuspid valve , cardiology , complication , lead (geology) , tricuspid insufficiency , surgery , geomorphology , geology
Two patients are described in this article who developed fractures of transvenous endocardial pacing leads at the point of passage across the tricuspid valve. In one case life‐threatening asystole occurred, emphasizing the potential seriousness of this complication.