Erdinler Izzet, Okmen Ertan, Turek Onur, Yapici Fikri, Ozler Azmi, Cam Nese, Ulufer Tanju
Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
Angiology. 2005 Sep-Oct;56(5):619-21. doi: 10.1177/000331970505600514.
Tricuspid valve perforation with pacemaker lead is one of the extremely rare complications of transvenous pacemaker implantation. Approximately all reported cases have been diagnosed at autopsy. The authors present a case of tricuspid valve perforation caused by pacemaker lead that was diagnosed during cardiac surgery and treated successfully by removing the lead and suturing the tricuspid valve.