Thrombus Formation on a Transvenous Pacemaker Electrode
| Autor: | Lawrence I. Stellar, Arthur E. O'Dea, James J. Sidd, Paul F. Gryska |
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| Rok vydání: | 1969 |
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Pacemaker
Artificial medicine.medical_specialty Ventricular rate Heart block Syncopal episodes Intracardiac injection Thromboembolism Internal medicine Methods medicine Humans Thrombus Electrodes Aged business.industry Pulmonary Infarction Thrombosis General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Ventricle cardiovascular system Cardiology Female Foreign body Pulmonary Embolism business |
| Zdroj: | New England Journal of Medicine. 280:877-878 |
| ISSN: | 1533-4406 0028-4793 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/nejm196904172801609 |
| Popis: | THROMBOEMBOLISM has not been a clinical problem after insertion of transvenous pacemaker electrodes despite the presence of an intracardiac foreign body. This report documents the presence of a large thrombus on the electrode, with subsequent pulmonary infarction. Case Report B.P. (N.W. 68–15885), a 74-year-old woman with intermittent 2nd-degree heart block for 3 years, was admitted to the hospital because of syncopal episodes during the preceding month. On the 3d hospital day complete heart block with a ventricular rate of 25 per minute developed. A permanent demand transvenous pacemaker electrode§ was positioned at the apex of the right ventricle. Episodes of . . . |
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