Skoric B, Samardzic J, Cikes M, Baricevic Z, Jurin H, Ljubas-Macek J, Milicic D
University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Transplant Proc. 2015 Apr;47(3):844-5. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.02.012.
Right ventricular perforation during endomyocardial biopsy is an unusual, although potentially life-threatening, complication caused with the tip of the bioptome. The majority of perforations in heart transplant patients can be managed without surgery owing to adhesions nearly obliterating pericardial space.
We report a case of heart transplant patient who suffered right ventricular perforation as a consequence of incidental extraction of a temporary epicardial pacemaker wire during a routine endomyocardial biopsy sampling.
The patient suffered no clinical consequences.
