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An Unusual Case of Embolic Stroke: A Permanent Ventricular Pacemaker Lead Entirely Within the Arterial System Documented by Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography
Author(s) -
ASLAM AHMAD ADNAN,
McILWAIN ELIZABETH F.,
TALANO JAMES V.,
FERGUSON T. BRUCE,
McKINNIE JAMES,
KERUT EDMUND KENNETH
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00827.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , complication , cardiology , embolic stroke , stroke (engine) , permanent pacemaker , radiology , electrocardiography , left subclavian artery , ischemic stroke , aorta , engineering , aortic arch , mechanical engineering , ischemia
A pacemaker lead in the left ventricle is a rare complication of implantation. Recognition of this complication is important because thromboembolic events are associated. We report the first case, to our knowledge, of a patient who had a permanent pacemaker implanted via the left subclavian artery to the left ventricle, which is documented by electrocardiography, chest radiography, thoracic echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography.