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Cerebral Embolism Due to Left Ventricular Pacemaker Lead: Removal with Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Author(s) -
LIEBOLD ANDREAS,
AEBERT HERMANN,
MUSCHOLL MICHAEL,
BIRNBAUM DIETRICH E.
Publication year - 1994
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.1540-8159.1994.tb02387.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , cardiopulmonary bypass , cardiology , extracorporeal circulation , lead (geology) , embolism , cerebral embolism , pulmonary embolism , geomorphology , geology
Malposition of a cardiac pacemaker lead within the left ventricle represents a source of early and late thromboembolic complications. We report a case of cerebral embolism, caused by an inadvertently misplaced left ventricular electrode, occurring 3 years after implantation. The lead was removed via a transaortic approach with extracorporeal circulation.