Journal article
Survival case of cardiac strangulation from epicardial pacemaker leads in an adult: A case report
Radiology case reports, v 20(1), pp 476-479
Jan 2025
PMID: 39534748
Abstract
Cardiac strangulation from leads of an epicardial pacemaker is a rarely reported life-threatening complication. We report the case of a 72-year-old female with history of supraventricular tachycardia status post sino-atrial node ablation with epicardial pacemaker placement who presented to the outpatient setting with shortness of breath. Heart catheterization was performed which showed elevated right and left heart pressures. Compression involving the mid left anterior descending artery and left circumflex artery was noted from an epicardial lead on coronary angiography consistent with cardiac strangulation. The patient was then referred to cardiothoracic surgery for epicardial pacemaker lead removal. The literature has only reported one other survival case of cardiac strangulation in an adult.
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- Title
- Survival case of cardiac strangulation from epicardial pacemaker leads in an adult: A case report
- Creators
- Sajjad Haider - University of KentuckyFawaz Mohammed - University of KentuckyAyesha Mahnoor Arab - The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleySameer Saleem - University of KentuckyJacqueline Dawson Dowe - University of KentuckyAkhtar Amin - University of KentuckyAniruddha Singh - Reading HospitalMuhammad Shoaib Akbar - University of KentuckyMohammed Kazimuddin - University of KentuckyMohammed Abdul-Waheed - University of Kentucky
- Publication Details
- Radiology case reports, v 20(1), pp 476-479
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- General Internal Medicine
- Other Identifier
- 991022137067104721