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Transmyocardial Voyage of a Temporary Epicardial Lead: An Unusual Long‐Term Complication
Author(s) -
SHEIKH MUJEEB,
BRUHL STEVEN R.,
OMER SHUAB,
SCHWAAN THOMAS,
GRUBB BLAIR,
COOPER CHRISTOPHER,
KANJWAL YOUSUF
Publication year - 2012
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.1540-8159.2011.03112.x
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , complication , cardiology , surgery , mediastinitis , cardiac surgery , presentation (obstetrics) , artery
Although the majority of temporary epicardial leads used during cardiac surgery are removed in the perioperative period, occasionally, the wires are cut and allowed to retract into the subcutaneous tissue. Complications arising from such retained epicardial wires are rare. We present a case of transmyocardial migration of a retained epicardial wire through the right ventricular myocardium into the pulmonary artery in a patient who had undergone coronary artery bypass graft surgery 13 years ago. We describe the presentation and successful management of this case.(PACE 2011; 1–2)