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
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.