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

Cardiol Young

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Fukuoka, Japan.

Published: September 2020

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.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1047951120002395DOI Listing

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