The pacemaker lead dislocation

An 88‐year‐old man with history of pacemaker implantation was admitted for septic shock. His first pacemaker in the left subclavian had been removed because of generator pocket infection. On presentation, the abandoned lead was fallen out of subclavian and coiled up in the right ventricle, causing m...

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Published inClinical case reports Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. e05776 - n/a
Main Authors Watanabe, Tomoyuki, Iwai‐Takano, Masumi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.04.2022
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Wiley
Subjects
cardiovascular disorders
Case Report
Case Reports
complication
emergency medicine
Infections
infectious disease
pacemaker
Pacemakers
complication
pacemaker
emergency medicine
infectious disease
cardiovascular disorders
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Summary:An 88‐year‐old man with history of pacemaker implantation was admitted for septic shock. His first pacemaker in the left subclavian had been removed because of generator pocket infection. On presentation, the abandoned lead was fallen out of subclavian and coiled up in the right ventricle, causing moderate tricuspid regurgitation. The worsening pocket infection causes the lead dislocation and sepsis. The dislocated lead fallen into right ventricle caused trcuspid valve regurgitation.
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.5776