Vascular Health and Risk Management (Jan 2010)

Successful management of late right ventricular perforation after pacemaker implantation

  • Amir K Bigdeli,
  • Andres Beiras-Fernandez,
  • Ingo Kaczmarek,
  • et al

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2010, no. default
pp. 27 – 30

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Amir K Bigdeli1, Andres Beiras-Fernandez1, Ingo Kaczmarek1, Christian Kowalski2, Michael Schmoeckel1, Bruno Reichart11Department of Cardiac Surgery, 2Department of Anesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, GermanyAbstract: Complications of pacemaker implantation include myocardial perforation, venous thrombosis, vegetations of the tricuspid valve or pacing lead, and tricuspid regurgitation. We report a patient presenting with a case of delayed ventricular lead perforation through the right ventricle. The lead was uneventfully extracted under transesophageal echocardiographic observation in the operating room with cardiac surgery backup.Keywords: pacemaker, lead perforation, complication