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Cardiac strangulation in a neonatal case: a rare complication of permanent epicardial pacemaker leads
H Watanabe1, J Hayashi, M Sugawara
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Niigata City, Japan.
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
|October 12, 2000
Abstract:
A newborn female underwent pacemaker implantation with epicardial pacing leads for the treatment of bradycardia caused by congenital atrioventricular block. At 10 months after pacemaker implantation, she was admitted with congestive heart failure. The epicardial leads were seen to encircle the heart, and myocardial ischemia was suggested. During cardiac catheterization she collapsed: emergency operation was performed, but she died on postoperative day 6.