Chronic ventricular lead perforation: Expect the unexpected.
Baldeep Singh SidhuRonak RajaniChristopher A RinaldiPublished in: Clinical case reports (2019)
A high index of suspicion is needed to diagnose a chronic right ventricular lead perforation. They should be suspected in patients who develop breathlessness and have a sudden change in pacing parameters. Contrast-enhanced CT provides high diagnostic accuracy. They can often be extracted percutaneously and rarely require surgical intervention.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- diffusion weighted
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- dual energy
- diffusion weighted imaging
- randomized controlled trial
- heart failure
- pulmonary embolism
- left ventricular
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- positron emission tomography
- drug induced
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation