Syed Asma, Salim Sohail, Castillo Ricardo
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA; SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Cardiol Res. 2012 Aug;3(4):187-188. doi: 10.4021/cr192w. Epub 2012 Jul 20.
Malposition of the right ventricular lead into the left ventricle is an unusual complication of challenging management. We report a case of an elderly woman with a dual chamber permanent pacemaker implanted 2 months before admission because of high grade AV block, who presented to our institution with sub acute subdural hematoma along the left fronto-parietal area. Incidental ventricular pacemaker lead in the left ventricle was found on chest CT scan. The patient was not candidate for anticoagulation due to her recent subdural hematoma, hence a discussion about the risks of explantation of the pacemaker lead led to patient's lead extraction without any complication.
右心室导线误入左心室是一种处理颇具挑战性的罕见并发症。我们报告一例老年女性患者,因高度房室传导阻滞在入院前2个月植入了双腔永久起搏器,此次因左额顶叶区域亚急性硬膜下血肿就诊于我院。胸部CT扫描偶然发现心室起搏器导线位于左心室内。由于患者近期有硬膜下血肿,不适合进行抗凝治疗,因此关于拔除起搏器导线风险的讨论后,患者成功拔除导线,未出现任何并发症。