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A Shocking Case of Pacemaker Lead Perforation

We report on a 66-year-old man who presented with presyncope, chest discomfort, and pectoralis muscle stimulation after pacemaker implantation. Imaging confirmed lead perforation through the myocardium and reaching the anterior chest wall. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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Autores principales: Simsolo, Eli, Wilkoff, Bruce L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9537078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36213879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.07.003
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spelling pubmed-95370782022-10-08 A Shocking Case of Pacemaker Lead Perforation Simsolo, Eli Wilkoff, Bruce L. JACC Case Rep Case Report We report on a 66-year-old man who presented with presyncope, chest discomfort, and pectoralis muscle stimulation after pacemaker implantation. Imaging confirmed lead perforation through the myocardium and reaching the anterior chest wall. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2022-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9537078/ /pubmed/36213879 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.07.003 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9537078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36213879
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