Perforation Schrittmachersonde

Right

ventricular perforation, pneumothorax, and a pneumatocele by a pacemaker lead: a case report. A preoperative chest radiograph. Chest radiograph showing the pacemaker lead perforating the right ventricle (yellow arrow)

Right

ventricular perforation, pneumothorax, and a pneumatocele by a pacemaker lead: a case report. A preoperative chest computed tomography image. Thoracic computed tomography showing a left-sided pneumothorax (yellow arrow) and the pacemaker lead (yellow arrowheads) perforating the right ventricle and lung tissue neighboring a pulmonary cyst (red arrow)

Case report:

Pacemaker lead perforation of a papillary muscle inducing severe tricuspid regurgitation. Preoperative chest X-ray. Blue arrow: pleural effusion; Red arrow: different course of the two leads through the tricuspid valve.