Case report: Pacemaker lead perforation of a papillary muscle inducing severe tricuspid regurgitation

INTRODUCTION: We report a rare but severe pacemaker complication of a pacemaker lead perforating the papillary muscle. This induced severe tricuspid regurgitation and right heart failure. Patients suffering from right heart failure have an increased operative risk of open-heart surgery and therefore...

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Pubblicato in:J Cardiothorac Surg
Autori principali: Andreas, Martin, Gremmel, Franz, Habertheuer, Andreas, Rath, Claus, Oeser, Claudia, Khazen, Cesar, Kocher, Alfred
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374532/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25888033
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-015-0244-7
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