Left ventricular pacemaker lead insertion through the foramen ovale: A case report

ALTUN A., AKDEMİR O., ERDOĞAN O., Aslan O., ÖZBAY G.

Angiology, cilt.53, sa.5, ss.609-611, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 53 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/000331970205300518
  • Dergi Adı: Angiology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.609-611
  • Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This report describes a patient with a 6-year-old pacemaker lead in the left ventricle. Both transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography unequivocally showed that the lead enters the left ventricle via the foramen ovale and the mitral valve. The patient did not suffer from a thromboembolic event; therefore, we did not proceed with extraction. The importance of this case report is to emphasize the conditions and precautions of proper pacemaker implantation.