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Sub-clinical myocardial ischaemia due to cardiac strangulation by an epicardial pacemaker lead

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2020

Jun Muneuchi*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Fukuoka, Japan
Hirohito Doi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Fukuoka, Japan
Mamie Watanabe
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Fukuoka, Japan
Yoshie Ochiai
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Fukuoka, Japan
*
Author for correspondence: Jun Muneuchi, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, 1-8-2, Kishionura, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka806-8507, Japan. Tel: +81 93 641 5111; Fax: +81 93 642 1868. E-mail: jmune@msn.com

Abstract

We present the case of a 10-year-old boy with congenital complete atrioventricular block who had cardiac strangulation by an epicardial pacemaker lead placed during infancy. Coronary angiography and Tc99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion scintigraphy suggested sub-clinical myocardial ischaemia.

Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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