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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads can experience a previously unreported consecutive complication of fracture with complete disconnection and free-wall perforation.
This case report highlights a rare and severe complication of ICDs involving consecutive lead fracture with complete disconnection and free-wall perforation.
Intracardiac lead fracture or free-wall perforation is a rare complication of implantable defibrillators. Complete disconnection of the fractured electrode has not been reported yet. Here, we report a case of lead fracture/disconnection and free-wall perforation, which occurred consecutively in a patient.
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Kwon et al. (2010) studied this question. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads can experience a previously unreported consecutive complication of fracture with complete disconnection and free-wall perforation.
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