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Shinya Inoue1, Kenichi Hashizume1, Kiyoshi Koizumi1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan.
Abstract:
We treated a patient in whom a permanent epicardial pacemaker lead penetrated the esophageal wall 26 years after the index pacemaker implantation. A 28-year-old man with loss of appetite and weight loss underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and was found to have a foreign body protruding into the esophagus. Computed tomography revealed an epicardial lead penetrating the esophageal wall. He had undergone pacemaker implantation with permanent epicardial leads when he was 2 years old. The lead was surgically removed.
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