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Case Reports
. 2022 Apr 22;8(7):501-504.
doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2022.04.012. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Late ventricular pacemaker lead perforation after electrical cardioversion-A case report

Bert Vandenberk  1   2 , Sevan Letourneau-Shesaf  1 , Jillian D Colbert  1 , Glen Sumner  1 , Vikas Kuriachan  1
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Case Reports

Late ventricular pacemaker lead perforation after electrical cardioversion-A case report

Bert Vandenberk et al. HeartRhythm Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Complication; Electrical cardioversion; Lead extraction; Lead perforation; Pacemaker.

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Figure 1
Atrial and ventricular pacemaker lead trends. A: Sensing. B: Bipolar impedance. C: Threshold.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Comparison of imaging studies. A: Anteroposterior chest radiograph post implant and at admission. B: Transthoracic echocardiogram. ∗: New pericardial effusion on parasternal short-axis view.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Cardiac imaging visualizing perforated lead with pericardial effusion. A: Right ventricular view on transthoracic echocardiogram. B: Chest computed tomography scan. White arrows: right ventricular lead projecting through the ventricular wall with pericardial effusion. ∗: Pericardial effusion.
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