Ectopic positioning of pacemaker electrode

Autor: Gildo, Mota, Juliana, Prazeres, Nelmacy, Freitas, Luiz, Magalhães, Francisco, Reis, Roque, Aras
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia. 94(5)
ISSN: 1678-4170
Popis: The present case reports on a patient presenting the cardiac form of Chagas disease, with left ventricular dysfunction and second-degree atrioventricular block Mobitz type II, associated with several syncope episodes. The patient underwent a double-chamber definitive artificial pacemaker implant. One year after the implant, the displacement of the atrial electrode was diagnosed and the patient was submitted to re-implantation of the atrial electrode. Two years after the first surgical procedure, the patient presented dyspnea on exertion. The physical evaluation included an echocardiogram, which detected the presence of a foreign body with metallic characteristics in the left cardiac chambers, consistent with that of an ectopic pacemaker electrode.
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