Acute spontaneous erosion of the right ventricle by an infected but chronically stable defibrillator lead manifesting as cardiac tamponade

HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2020 Sep 15;6(11):875-878. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2020.09.001. eCollection 2020 Nov.

Authors

Arash Aryana^{1

2}, Terry Keifer¹, Rohit Bhaskar^{1

2}, Mark R Bowers^{1

2}, Padraig Gearoid O'Neill^{1

2}, Zachary Brewer^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento, California.
² Dignity Health Heart and Vascular Institute, Sacramento, California.

No abstract available

Keywords: Defibrillator; Endocarditis; Erosion; ICD; Immunosuppression; Infection; Lead; Perforation; Tamponade; Ventricle.

Publication types

Case Reports