CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF ENDOCARDIAL PACING LEAD MALFUNCTION

This study highlights the wide spectrum of manifestation of pacing lea d malfunction. Patients judged to be pacer dependent or in whom ventri cular lead malfunction is suspected, and patients with severe symptoms before pacemaker implantation, should be considered at high risk for the development of hemodynamic compromise; prompt hospital admission a nd pacing lead replacement should be performed.