Arteriovenous femoral fistula after insertion of leadless pacemaker-A case with an anomaly of the deep femoral artery

Yuki Sahashi; Nobuhiro Takasugi; Tatsuma Serge Yanagimoto; Susumu Endo; Takashi Nakashima; Hiroyuki Okura

doi:10.1002/joa3.12224

Arteriovenous femoral fistula after insertion of leadless pacemaker-A case with an anomaly of the deep femoral artery

J Arrhythm. 2019 Aug 16;35(5):770-772. doi: 10.1002/joa3.12224. eCollection 2019 Oct.

Authors

Yuki Sahashi¹, Nobuhiro Takasugi¹, Tatsuma Serge Yanagimoto¹, Susumu Endo¹, Takashi Nakashima¹, Hiroyuki Okura¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Graduate School of Medicine Gifu University Gifu Japan.

Abstract

With the increasing number of implanted leadless pacemakers, complications related to the implantation procedure are being reported. We herein report a case of an 87-year-old male with an arteriovenous fistula after leadless pacemaker implantation due to an anomaly of the right deep femoral artery (DFA). In this present case, a right DFA arising from the antero-medial side of the main femoral artery was attributed to this complication.

Keywords: anomaly; arteriovenous fistula; complications; leadless pacemaker.

Publication types

Case Reports