A Rare Case of Epicardial Lead Strangulation of Left Ventricular Inflow

Juan C. Samayoa, MD; Susan P. Etheridge, MD; Richard V. Williams, MD

JACC: Case Reports (May 2020)

A Rare Case of Epicardial Lead Strangulation of Left Ventricular Inflow

Juan C. Samayoa, MD,
Susan P. Etheridge, MD,
Richard V. Williams, MD

Affiliations

Juan C. Samayoa, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Juan Carlos Samayoa, Office at Primary Children’s Eccles Building, 81 North Mario Capecchi Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84113.; University of Utah, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
Susan P. Etheridge, MD: University of Utah, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
Richard V. Williams, MD: University of Utah, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 5
pp. 835 – 836

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This is an unusual case of left atrioventricular groove strangulation by an abandoned epicardial pacing lead associated with mild left ventricular inflow obstruction, left atrial enlargement, and new atrial tachycardia that resolved with surgical lead removal. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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