Inadvertent Right Ventricle Perforation by Temporary Pacemaker Lead: A Case Report Requiring Surgical Exploration

Right ventricular perforation by a passive-fixation pacemaker lead.

Subacute Right Ventricle Perforation by Pacemaker Lead Presenting with Left Hemothorax and Shock

Cardiac perforation by pacemaker is a rare but potentially fatal complication. Acute perforations occurring within twenty-four hours of insertion of pacemaker can lead to hemopericardium, cardiac tamponade, and death. Hemothorax occurring as an acute complication of pacemaker insertion is reported but extremely rare. Previously, hemothorax and shock as a subacute complication following pacemake...

Fibrin glue patch for pacemaker lead perforation of the right ventricular free wall: A case report

Introduction Pacemaker lead perforation is a complication associated with screwing in the pacemaker lead. Nonsurgical management of this complication is limited. Pericardial drainage is performed for the resultant cardiac tamponade, but it is difficult to stop bleeding from the perforation site without surgery. Here, we describe a case in which fibrin glue injected via a 6 F pericardial tube in...

A rare case of late right ventricular perforation by a passive-fixation permanent pacemaker lead.

The present paper is an interesting and rare complication of implantation of a permanent pacemaker lead. The rarity of the case is based upon that ventricular perforation is usually present during implantation, whereas in our case, it was presented late--1 month after implantation. Furthermore, in our case, the pacemaker lead had migrated through the left hemidiaphragm into the peritoneal cavity.

Prevention of right ventricular perforation due to temporary pacemaker lead during transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

We read with great interest the recently published paper by Rezq et al. (1), which described the experience of the authors with cardiac tamponade complicating transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The authors should be congratulated on sharing their experience and techniques to avoid this complication, which is associated with poor outcome. The authors identified that 52.9% of the card...