Does Computed Tomography aid in the diagnosis of possible cardiac lead perforation?
CT imaging is a useful modality for diagnosing cardiac lead perforation, especially when other diagnostic methods are inconclusive.
CT images aid in the diagnosis of lead perforation when other modalities are nondiagnostic. Recent advances in CT technology have been associated with increased use of this technique for evaluation of chest pain, analysis of which should now include location of intracardiac leads.
Henrikson et al. (Mon,) studied this question.