Echocardiographic diagnosis of temporary pacemaker lead in left ventricle

Authors

  • Alain Alonso Herrera Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Quirúrgicos. Cardiocentro Ernesto Che Guevara. Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba.
  • Iguer F. Aladro Miranda Unidad de Hemodinámica y Cardiología Intervencionista. Cardiocentro Ernesto Che Guevara. Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba.
  • Rafael O. Rodríguez Hernández Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Quirúrgicos. Cardiocentro Ernesto Che Guevara. Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Kelvis Pérez Bravet Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Quirúrgicos. Cardiocentro Ernesto Che Guevara. Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Abstract

Temporary cardiac pacing is used to restore electrical and hemodynamic normality. It consists of the generation of an electrical impulse that would trigger the depolarization of the myocardial cells and the consequent mechanical activity. Despite being a technique with a little complex learning curve, it is not without complications, many of them serious. The case of a patient in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery is presented, where she underwent excision of a left atrial myxoma and in her evolution presented atrioventricular block requiring transient stimulation, during which the implantation of the endocardium electrode in the left ventricle was presented as a complication, with which adequate cardiac stimulation was achieved. The Echocardiography proved to be a useful tool for diagnosis.

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Published

2016-07-24

How to Cite

1.
Alonso Herrera A, Aladro Miranda IF, Rodríguez Hernández RO, Pérez Bravet K. Echocardiographic diagnosis of temporary pacemaker lead in left ventricle. CorSalud [Internet]. 2016 Jul. 24 [cited 2025 Jul. 20];8(3):185-8. Available from: https://revcorsalud.sld.cu/index.php/cors/article/view/140

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2016)

Section

CASE REPORTS

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