An unexpected complication during percutaneous pacemaker lead extraction unveiled by transesophageal echocardiography

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 20;177(3):e125-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.077. Epub 2014 Oct 20.

Affiliations

¹ Cardiac Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: skevos1@otenet.gr.
² First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens School of Medicine, Greece.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁴ Cardiac Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 25443263
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.077

No abstract available

Keywords: Complication; Percutaneous pacemaker lead extraction; Right atrial thrombus; Ventricular perforation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Device Removal / adverse effects*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / injuries*
Humans
Intraoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
Intraoperative Complications / etiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Pacemaker, Artificial*