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Late Left Ventricular Perforation by Active Fixation Pacemaker Lead Implanted in the Right Ventricular Septum
Author(s) -
Kondoh Haruhiko,
Funatsu Toshihiro,
Taniguchi Kazuhiro
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2012.01479.x
Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , cardiology , ventricular pacing , fixation (population genetics) , lead (geology) , surgery , heart failure , metallurgy , population , materials science , environmental health , geomorphology , punching , geology
We report a rare case of late left ventricular perforation caused by a migrated pacemaker lead, which had been implanted in the right ventricular septum three months prior. Preoperative computed tomography findings revealed that the tip of the migrated pacemaker lead had perforated the ventricular wall near the intraventricular groove into the anterior chest wall. (J Card Surg 2012;27:530‐531)