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Nonsurgical Management of Cardiac Tamponade Caused by a Temporary Pacemaker Lead
Author(s) -
TREHAN VIJAY,
MEHTA VIMAL,
MUKHOPADHYAY SAIBAL,
YUSUF JAMAL,
RASTOGI VISHAL,
YADUVANSHI AMITABH,
TYAGI SANJAY
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.1540-8159.2005.09503.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , tamponade , perforation , complication , surgery , percutaneous , cyanoacrylate , lead (geology) , catheter , geomorphology , chemistry , materials science , punching , adhesive , organic chemistry , layer (electronics) , metallurgy , geology
Right ventricular perforation secondary to temporary pacemaker lead, resulting in cardiac tamponade, is a rare but life‐threatening complication. Surgery is usually the definitive management described for such cases. We describe successful sealing of such a perforation by percutaneous instillation of cyanoacrylate glue, through a guiding catheter in the pericardial sac at the perforation site.