Delayed right ventricular perforation complicated by intracardiac thrombosis after implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator implantation

Cardiac perforation and intracardiac thrombosis are infrequent complications after implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator (ICD) implantation, and a case of lead perforation complicated by thrombosis is extremely rare. We report the case of a 66‐year‐old man with delayed ICD lead perforation concomit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ito, Tsuyoshi, Goto, Toshihiko, Kawada, Yu, Ohte, Nobuyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5828261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29721117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joa3.12007
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Sumario:Cardiac perforation and intracardiac thrombosis are infrequent complications after implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator (ICD) implantation, and a case of lead perforation complicated by thrombosis is extremely rare. We report the case of a 66‐year‐old man with delayed ICD lead perforation concomitant with intracardiac lead thrombosis successfully treated by anticoagulant therapy followed by transvenous lead management.

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