Severe Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation Due to Perforation by Permanent Pacemaker Lead
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- 2 August 2011
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Journal of Cardiac Surgery
- Vol. 26 (5) , 555-556
Abstract
Tricuspid dysfunction induced by pacemaker-lead perforation is rare. We now report a case of a patient with progressive right-sided heart failure due to severe tricuspid regurgitation due to perforation from a previously placed pacemaker lead.Keywords
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