Böhm A, Bányai F, Komáromy K, Pintér A, Préda I
Cardiovascular Center, Imre Haynal University of Health Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 1998 Mar;21(3):629-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00111.x.
There are only a few reported cases of a pacemaker lead migrating inadvertently into the left atrium or ventricle. An unusual complication of unremoved, unwanted pacemaker lead is presented. The free tip of the lead caused cerebral embolism after perforating the interatrial septum.