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Tricuspid Valve Perforation by Permanent Pacemaker Lead

2005; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 56; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/000331970505600514

1940-1574

İzzet Erdinler, Ertan Ökmen, Onur Türek, Fikri Yapıcı, Azmi Özler, Neşe Çam, Tanju Ulufer,

Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

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.