INSTANTANEOUS LEAD ENTRAPMENT - AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF NONTHORACOTOMY IMPLANTATION OF AN ENDOCARDIAL DEFIBRILLATION LEAD

Authors
PARSONNET V BERNSTEIN AD OMAR AM ROTHBART ST SCHOENFELD R
Citation
V. Parsonnet et al., INSTANTANEOUS LEAD ENTRAPMENT - AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF NONTHORACOTOMY IMPLANTATION OF AN ENDOCARDIAL DEFIBRILLATION LEAD, PACE, 18(11), 1995, pp. 2100-2102
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Engineering, Biomedical
Journal title
PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY → ACNP
ISSN journal
01478389
Volume
18
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2100 - 2102
Database
ISI
SICI code
0147-8389(1995)18:11<2100:ILE-AU>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Nonthoracotomy implantation of implantable cardioverter defibrillators is performed with transvenous leads that are similar to pacemaker lea ds and are subject to the same potential problems. We report an unusua l complication of lead placement in which an electrode immediately bec ame entrapped in the superior rim of the tricuspid valve, resisting al l efforts at removal.