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Instantaneous Lead Entrapment: An Unusual Complication of Nonthoracotomy Implantation of an Endocardial Defibrillation Lead |
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| Authors: | VICTOR PARSONNET ALAN D. BERNSTEIN ARIF M. OMAR STEPHEN T. ROTHBART RICHARD SCHOENFELD |
| Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, Now Jersey;Pacemaker Center, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, Now Jersey;Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, Now Jersey;Department of Radiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, Now Jersey |
| Abstract: | Nonthoracotomy implantation of implantable cardioverter defibrillators is performed with transvsnous leads that are similar to pacemaker leads and are subject to the same potential problems. We report an unusual complication of lead placement in which an electrode immediately became entrapped in the superior rim of the tricuspid valve, resisting all efforts at removal. |
| Keywords: | pacemaker implanted cardioverter defibrillator lead complication |