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The bite of the lead: multiorgan perforation by an active-fixation permanent pacemaker lead
Navid Madershahian1, Jens Wippermann, Thorsten Wahlers
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cologne University Heart Centre, Kerpener St 62, D-50924 Cologne, Germany. navid.madershahian@web.de
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
|April 15, 2010
Abstract:
In the presented case, a screw-in pacemaker lead migrated through the right ventricle, pericardium, left hemidiaphragm, and the left liver lobe into the epigastric region. The rarity of the case is based upon the multiorgan perforation without development of relevant pericardial effusion or intra-abdominal bleeding. Lead extraction was performed uneventfully.

