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

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Andreas, Martin ^a   Gremmel, Franz ^a   Habertheuer, Andreas ^a   Rath, Claus ^a   Oeser, Claudia ^a   Khazen, Cesar ^a   Kocher, Alfred ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lead extraction; Lead perforation; Pacemaker complication; Papillary muscle

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84925409781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13019-015-0244-7     Document Type: Article

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