Perforation of the right ventricular free wall by an active fixation transvenous cardioverter defibrillator lead

Ronit Shohat-Zabarski, Jairo Kusniec, Boris Strasberg*

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Abstract

A 58-year-old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy underwent implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation. The postoperative course was complicated by perforation of the right ventricular free wall by the active fixation transvenous ICD lead. The type of ICD lead and the type of organic heart disease are apparently important risk factors for perforation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1118-1119
Number of pages2
JournalPACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
Volume22
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

Keywords

  • Active fixation
  • Cardiac perforation
  • Defibrillator lead

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