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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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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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author | Simsolo, Eli Wilkoff, Bruce L. |
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description | 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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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/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Simsolo, Eli Wilkoff, Bruce L. A Shocking Case of Pacemaker Lead Perforation |
title | A Shocking Case of Pacemaker Lead Perforation |
title_full | A Shocking Case of Pacemaker Lead Perforation |
title_fullStr | A Shocking Case of Pacemaker Lead Perforation |
title_full_unstemmed | A Shocking Case of Pacemaker Lead Perforation |
title_short | A Shocking Case of Pacemaker Lead Perforation |
title_sort | shocking case of pacemaker lead perforation |
topic | Case Report |
url | 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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