Epicardial Pacemaker Lead-Induced Ventricular Tachycardia Jae Gun Kwak, MD, Woong-Han Kim, MD, PhD, Eun Jung Bae, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 87, Issue 3, Pages 942-943 (March 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.049 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Preoperative images. (A) Chest roentgenogram showing a fractured screw-type pacemaker lead tip penetrating the right ventricular cavity. (B) Computed tomographic view, in which the intruded epicardial lead is indicated by an arrow. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 942-943DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.049) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Ventricular tachycardia with QRS complex and left bundle branch block morphology was induced during treadmill exercise testing. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 942-943DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.049) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions