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Late Right Ventricular Perforation After Permanent Pacemaker Implantation: How Far Can the Lead Go?
Author(s) -
SANOUSSI AHMED,
EL NAKADI BADIH,
LARDINOIS INES,
DE BRUYNE YASMINE,
JORIS MARC
Publication year - 2005
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.1540-8159.2005.00156.x
Subject(s) - medicine , permanent pacemaker , lead (geology) , complication , perforation , surgery , ventricular pacing , left breast , subcutaneous fat , cardiology , heart failure , materials science , geomorphology , punching , metallurgy , geology , adipose tissue , cancer , breast cancer
This case report describes the incredible dislocation of a right ventricular lead 1 month after pacemaker implantation. The lead's tip was found in the subcutaneous fat beneath the left breast. Extraction was uneventful. The key steps in the diagnosis and management of this rare complication are discussed.