Cardiac strangulation, a rare complication of epicardial pacemaker leads during growth

B Eyskens; L Mertens; P Moerman; H Ector; W Daenen; M Gewillig

doi:10.1136/hrt.77.3.288

Cardiac strangulation, a rare complication of epicardial pacemaker leads during growth

Heart. 1997 Mar;77(3):288-9. doi: 10.1136/hrt.77.3.288.

Authors

B Eyskens¹, L Mertens, P Moerman, H Ector, W Daenen, M Gewillig

Affiliation

¹ Department of Congenital Cardiology, UZ Leuven, Belgium.

Abstract

A six year old boy with an epicardial pacing lead since infancy presented with thoracic pain triggered by movement. The pain was thought to be musculoskeletal, but two weeks later he collapsed and died in ventricular fibrillation. Necropsy showed strangulation of the ventricular apex by the epicardial lead.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
Heart / growth & development
Heart Block / therapy
Heart Injuries / etiology*
Heart Injuries / pathology
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / therapy
Humans
Male
Myocardial Ischemia / etiology*
Myocardial Ischemia / pathology
Pacemaker, Artificial / adverse effects*
Time Factors