Intracardiac Migration of Operatively Placed Epicardial Pacing Leads Richard D. Spellberg, MD, Jack E. Dobkin, DO, Sam Soleymani, RDCS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 93, Issue 5, Pages 1713-1715 (May 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.09.061 Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Case 1: A transthoracic echocardiogram performed August 27, 2007. This transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrates a pacemaker lead segment (arrowheads) traversing from right atrium (RA) to right ventricle (RV). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 93, 1713-1715DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.09.061) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Case 1: Cardiac computed tomographic scan demonstrating an epicardial lead (arrow) traversing the right side of the heart and entering near the right AV groove. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 93, 1713-1715DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.09.061) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Case 2: Transesophageal echocardiogram performed July 13, 2007demonstrating a pacemaker segment within the right side of the heart (arrowheads) and traversing the tricuspid valve from right atrium (RA) to right ventricle (RV). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 93, 1713-1715DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.09.061) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Case 2: Cardiac computed tomographic scan demonstrating an epicardial lead traversing the surface of heart (arrow), entering the heart near the right AV groove. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 93, 1713-1715DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.09.061) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions