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Late left ventricular perforation by active fixation pacemaker lead implanted in the right ventricular septum.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japan Labor Health and Welfare Organization, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Nagasone-cho, Sakai, Osaka, Japan.
Journal of Cardiac Surgery (impact factor: 0.87). 05/2012; 27(4):530-1. DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8191.2012.01479.x pp.530-1
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ABSTRACT We report a rare case of late left ventricular perforation caused by a migrated pacemaker lead, which had been implanted in the right ventricular septum three months prior. Preoperative computed tomography findings revealed that the tip of the migrated pacemaker lead had perforated the ventricular wall near the intraventricular groove into the anterior chest wall.

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Keywords

intraventricular groove
 
migrated pacemaker lead
 
Preoperative computed tomography findings
 
rare case
 
ventricular perforation
 
ventricular septum
 
ventricular wall