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Instantaneous Lead Entrapment: An Unusual Complication of Nonthoracotomy Implantation of an Endocardial Defibrillation Lead
Author(s) -
PARSONNET VICTOR,
BERNSTEIN ALAN D.,
OMAR ARIF M.,
ROTHBART STEPHEN T.,
SCHOENFELD RICHARD
Publication year - 1995
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.1540-8159.1995.tb03873.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lead (geology) , defibrillation , complication , entrapment , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , cardiology , tricuspid valve , surgery , geomorphology , geology
Nonthoracotomy implantation of implantable cardioverter defibrillators is performed with transvsnous leads that are similar to pacemaker leads and are subject to the same potential problems. We report an unusual complication of lead placement in which an electrode immediately became entrapped in the superior rim of the tricuspid valve, resisting all efforts at removal.