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Sub-clinical myocardial ischaemia due to cardiac strangulation by an epicardial pacemaker lead.

Jun MuneuchiHirohito DoiMamie WatanabeYoshie Ochiai
Published in: Cardiology in the young (2020)
We present the case of a 10-year-old boy with congenital complete atrioventricular block who had cardiac strangulation by an epicardial pacemaker lead placed during infancy. Coronary angiography and Tc99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion scintigraphy suggested sub-clinical myocardial ischaemia.
Keyphrases
  • left ventricular
  • vena cava
  • heart failure
  • physical activity
  • weight loss
  • inferior vena cava