Fracture of an epicardial left ventricular lead implanted at open-heart surgery in anticipation of future need for cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Jacob Moesgaard LarsenJamil BashirZachary William LaksmanPublished in: Clinical case reports (2020)
Epicardial left ventricular leads can be implanted at open-heart surgery for cardiac resynchronization therapy. We report a 2-year-old fractured epicardial left ventricular lead detected at generator implant. It highlights the importance of good surgical implant technique and of rigorous lead evaluation for signs of impending failure at generator implant.
Keyphrases
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- left ventricular
- minimally invasive
- heart failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- coronary artery bypass
- soft tissue
- acute myocardial infarction
- mitral valve
- aortic stenosis
- left atrial
- atrial fibrillation
- surgical site infection
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- hip fracture
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement