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Delayed Defibrillator Lead Perforation: An Increasing Phenomenon
Author(s) -
SATPATHY RUBY,
HEE TOM,
ESTERBROOKS DENNIS,
MOHIUDDIN SYED
Publication year - 2008
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.1540-8159.2007.00919.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , perforation , lead (geology) , complication , surgery , intensive care medicine , materials science , punching , geomorphology , metallurgy , geology
Delayed intracardiac lead perforation has been defined as migration and perforation after one month of implantation. It is a rare complication; pathophysiology and optimal management are currently unclear. Recognition of these cases becomes important with increasing use of these devices. We describe such a case of delayed lead perforation.