Massive tricuspid regurgitation due to pacemaker-lead puncture of the tricuspid valve: Successful diagnosis by 3-dimensional echocardiography

Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-71

  Tamai, Rina ^a   Hara, Tomoya ^a   Yamada, Hirotsugu ^a   Nishio, Susumu ^a   Bando, Mika ^a   Hotchi, Junko ^a   Hayashi, Shuji ^a   Niki, Toshiyuki ^a   Kitagawa, Tetsuya ^a   Sata, Masataka ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 Dimensional echocardiography; Pacemaker lead puncture; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; AGED; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DUAL CHAMBER PACEMAKER; EPICARDIAL PACEMAKER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PACEMAKER LEAD PUNCTURE; PERICARDIAL PATCH; PLEURA EFFUSION; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID ANNULOPLASTY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84893154861     PISSN: 13464523     EISSN: 16132254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10396-013-0459-y     Document Type: Article

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