An unusual pacemaker malposition and delayed diagnosis

A Rare Cause of Cardiac Tamponade: Left Ventricular Pacemaker Malposition

The malpositioning of a pacemaker lead is an uncommon and under-reported complication of pacemaker/Automated Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (AICD) placement. It can be associated with complications such as pericardial effusions and tamponade. We describe a case of an elderly woman who developed cardiac tamponade after inadvertent placement of a permanent pacing lead in the left ventricl...

Long-term pacemaker lead malposition. Role of echocardiography.

Pacemaker lead malposition is a rare complication, although a few cases have been reported. The current level of incidence is unknown, probably because of underdiagnosis or underreporting, and treatment is controversial. In some cases, left ventricular (LV) access is through a patent foramen ovale or an atrial septal defect; in others it is through interventricular septum or sinus venosus type ...

Unusual pacemaker migration.

Dallongeville J, Ebrahim S, Faergeman O, Graham I, Mancia G, Cats VM, Orth-Gomer K, Perk J, Pyorala K, Rodicio JL, Sans S, Sansoy V, Sechtem U, Silber S, Thomsen T, Wood D. European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. Third Joint Task Force of European and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice. Eur Heart J 2003;24:1601–1610. ...

Malposition of the pacemaker lead in the left ventricle.

Delayed and overlooked diagnosis of an unusual opportunistic infection in a renal transplant recipient: visceral leishmaniasis.

Visceral leishmaniasis is a rare opportunistic infection in renal transplantation patients and its presentation may be associated with or masked by many other factors in immunosuppressed patients. So, if it is not searched for in particular, diagnosis may be easily overlooked or delayed in renal transplant patients. A 32-year-old renal transplant recipient devoleped splenomegaly, pyrexia and pa...