Delayed perforation of an atrial pacemaker electrode: Lifelong risk for a rare but serious complication.

CIED atrial lead cardiac perforation pacemaker pericardial effusion tamponade

Journal

Clinical case reports
ISSN: 2050-0904
Titre abrégé: Clin Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101620385

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2023
Historique:
received: 29 12 2022
revised: 03 04 2023
accepted: 25 05 2023
medline: 16 6 2023
pubmed: 16 6 2023
entrez: 16 6 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Nonspecific symptoms such as pleuritic or pericardial chest pain in cardiovascular implantable electronic devices patients, even with unremarkable ECG or device parameters, should always raise suspicion of electrode perforation, regardless of how long ago the implantation was performed. We report the successful percutaneous management of a 77-year-old woman who had a dual-chamber pacemaker implanted more than 1 year ago and presented with pericarditis pain and compensated pericardial hemorrhagic tamponade. The symptoms were due to very late acute perforation of the atrial lead. This report is intended to raise awareness of procedure-related complications in the large group of cardiovascular implantable electronic device patients. Pleuritic or pericardial pain in these patients should raise suspicion of electrode perforation, as the risk of perforation is not restricted to the period immediately after implantation and a lifelong risk cannot apparently be excluded.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37327138
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7525
pii: CCR37525
pmc: PMC10268212
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e7525

Informations de copyright

© 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Christian Waechter (C)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Marburg Philipps University Marburg Marburg Germany.

Alexander M Koenig (AM)

Clinic of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Marburg Philipps University Marburg Marburg Germany.

Georgios Chatzis (G)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Marburg Philipps University Marburg Marburg Germany.

Julian Mueller (J)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Marburg Philipps University Marburg Marburg Germany.

Bernhard Schieffer (B)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Marburg Philipps University Marburg Marburg Germany.

Ulrich Luesebrink (U)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Marburg Philipps University Marburg Marburg Germany.

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