Right Ventricular and Chest Wall Perforation with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Lead with Lodgment into the Cutaneous Tissue of the Chest Wall

Authors

Philip Carson MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Jalaj Garg MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Talha Nazir MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Babak Bozorgnia MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow

Publication/Presentation Date

2017

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) lead perforation is a rare but serious complication of cardiac device implantation. Subacute (24 h to one month) and delayed (>1 month) presentations of rupture are also rare. Here we report a case of right ventricular perforation by a ventricular ICD lead in a 61-year-old man that was detected four months' postimplantation. The lead was present out from his chest wall and was palpable beneath the skin.

Volume

8

Issue

2017

First Page

2849

Last Page

2851

Published In/Presented At

Carson, P. Garg, J. Nazir, T. Bozorgnia, B. (2017). Right Ventricular and Chest Wall Perforation with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Lead with Lodgment into the Cutaneous Tissue of the Chest Wall. The Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management.8(2017), 2849-2851. DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2017.080904

Disciplines

Cardiology | Medical Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

32477778

Department(s)

Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine Faculty, Department of Medicine Fellows and Residents

Document Type

Article