Pacemaker lead malpositioning led to subsequent ischemic strokes despite antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Alfred Kocher¹  Andreas Habertheuer¹  Dominik Wiedemann¹  Caesar Khazen¹  Martin Andreas¹  Claus Rath¹ 

[1] Division of Cardiac Surgery, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna A-1090, Austria

关键词: Echocardiography;    Chest-X-ray;    ECG;    Left ventricle;    Lead malpositioning;    Pacemaker;   

Others  :  811160
DOI  :  10.1186/1749-8090-9-54

 received in 2013-08-01, accepted in 2014-03-11,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Pacemaker lead malpositioning may lead to severe clinical adverse events. Rarely, cases of inadvertent placement of a lead into the left ventricle are reported in the literature. We herein report a case of pacemaker lead malpositioning into the left ventricle via a persistent foramen ovale in a male caucasian patient. After this procedural adverse event, the patient suffered from two ischemic strokes despite antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Rath et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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