Recurrent atrial electrode displacement complicating a single lead VDD pacing system

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 1999 Nov;22(11):1688-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00391.x.

Abstract

We describe an unusual complication of single-lead VDD pacing: recurrent advancement of the atrial bipole into the right ventricle. As a consequence, the patient experienced symptomatic pacemaker-mediated tachycardia and underwent two revision operations to achieve adequate fixation of the lead.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Electrocardiography
  • Electrodes, Implanted*
  • Equipment Failure Analysis*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / etiology
  • Foreign-Body Migration / physiopathology
  • Heart Atria / physiopathology
  • Heart Block / physiopathology
  • Heart Block / therapy*
  • Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pacemaker, Artificial*
  • Recurrence
  • Tachycardia / etiology
  • Tachycardia / physiopathology