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Bow-and-arrow sign on point-of-care ultrasound for diagnosis of pacemaker lead-induced heart perforation: A case report and literature review
BACKGROUND: Pacemaker lead-induced heart perforation is a rare but life-threatening complication of pacemaker implantation, and timely diagnosis remains a challenge for clinicians. Here, we report a case of pacemaker lead-induced cardiac perforation rapidly diagnosed by a “bow-and-arrow” sign on poi...
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author | Chen, Ni Miao, Guang-Xian Peng, Liang-Qin Li, Yun-Hang Gu, Juan He, Ying Chen, Tao Fu, Xiao-Yun Xing, Zhou-Xiong |
author_facet | Chen, Ni Miao, Guang-Xian Peng, Liang-Qin Li, Yun-Hang Gu, Juan He, Ying Chen, Tao Fu, Xiao-Yun Xing, Zhou-Xiong |
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description | BACKGROUND: Pacemaker lead-induced heart perforation is a rare but life-threatening complication of pacemaker implantation, and timely diagnosis remains a challenge for clinicians. Here, we report a case of pacemaker lead-induced cardiac perforation rapidly diagnosed by a “bow-and-arrow” sign on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). CASE SUMMARY: A 74-year-old Chinese woman who had undergone permanent pacemaker implantation 26 d before suddenly developed severe dyspnea, chest pain, and hypotension. The patient had received emergency laparotomy for an incarcerated groin hernia and was transferred to the intensive care unit 6 d before. Computed tomography was not available due to unstable hemodynamic status, so POCUS was performed at the bedside and revealed severe pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade. Subsequent pericardiocentesis yielded a large volume of bloody pericardial fluid. Further POCUS by an ultrasonographist revealed a unique “bow-and-arrow” sign indicating right ventricular (RV) apex perforation by the pacemaker lead, which facilitated the rapid diagnosis of lead perforation. Given the persistent drainage of pericardial bleeding, urgent off-pump open chest surgery was performed to repair the perforation. However, the patient died of shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome within 24 h post-surgery. In addition, we also performed a literature review on the sonographic features of RV apex perforation by lead. CONCLUSION: POCUS enables the early diagnosis of pacemaker lead perforation at the bedside. A step-wise ultrasonographic approach and the “bow-and-arrow” sign on POCUS are helpful for rapid diagnosis of lead perforation. |
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spelling | pubmed-100119822023-03-15 Bow-and-arrow sign on point-of-care ultrasound for diagnosis of pacemaker lead-induced heart perforation: A case report and literature review Chen, Ni Miao, Guang-Xian Peng, Liang-Qin Li, Yun-Hang Gu, Juan He, Ying Chen, Tao Fu, Xiao-Yun Xing, Zhou-Xiong World J Clin Cases Case Report BACKGROUND: Pacemaker lead-induced heart perforation is a rare but life-threatening complication of pacemaker implantation, and timely diagnosis remains a challenge for clinicians. Here, we report a case of pacemaker lead-induced cardiac perforation rapidly diagnosed by a “bow-and-arrow” sign on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). CASE SUMMARY: A 74-year-old Chinese woman who had undergone permanent pacemaker implantation 26 d before suddenly developed severe dyspnea, chest pain, and hypotension. The patient had received emergency laparotomy for an incarcerated groin hernia and was transferred to the intensive care unit 6 d before. Computed tomography was not available due to unstable hemodynamic status, so POCUS was performed at the bedside and revealed severe pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade. Subsequent pericardiocentesis yielded a large volume of bloody pericardial fluid. Further POCUS by an ultrasonographist revealed a unique “bow-and-arrow” sign indicating right ventricular (RV) apex perforation by the pacemaker lead, which facilitated the rapid diagnosis of lead perforation. Given the persistent drainage of pericardial bleeding, urgent off-pump open chest surgery was performed to repair the perforation. However, the patient died of shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome within 24 h post-surgery. In addition, we also performed a literature review on the sonographic features of RV apex perforation by lead. CONCLUSION: POCUS enables the early diagnosis of pacemaker lead perforation at the bedside. A step-wise ultrasonographic approach and the “bow-and-arrow” sign on POCUS are helpful for rapid diagnosis of lead perforation. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2023-03-06 2023-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10011982/ /pubmed/36926400 http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v11.i7.1615 Text en ©The Author(s) 2023. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Chen, Ni Miao, Guang-Xian Peng, Liang-Qin Li, Yun-Hang Gu, Juan He, Ying Chen, Tao Fu, Xiao-Yun Xing, Zhou-Xiong Bow-and-arrow sign on point-of-care ultrasound for diagnosis of pacemaker lead-induced heart perforation: A case report and literature review |
title | Bow-and-arrow sign on point-of-care ultrasound for diagnosis of pacemaker lead-induced heart perforation: A case report and literature review |
title_full | Bow-and-arrow sign on point-of-care ultrasound for diagnosis of pacemaker lead-induced heart perforation: A case report and literature review |
title_fullStr | Bow-and-arrow sign on point-of-care ultrasound for diagnosis of pacemaker lead-induced heart perforation: A case report and literature review |
title_full_unstemmed | Bow-and-arrow sign on point-of-care ultrasound for diagnosis of pacemaker lead-induced heart perforation: A case report and literature review |
title_short | Bow-and-arrow sign on point-of-care ultrasound for diagnosis of pacemaker lead-induced heart perforation: A case report and literature review |
title_sort | bow-and-arrow sign on point-of-care ultrasound for diagnosis of pacemaker lead-induced heart perforation: a case report and literature review |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10011982/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36926400 http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v11.i7.1615 |
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