Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for a Chronic Total Occlusion Caused by an External Pacemaker Lead Placement
Iatrogenic injury of coronary arteries is a rare complication for which the incidence has not been reported. This paper presents the case of a 42-year-old man whose preoperative cardiac evaluation revealed a chronic total occlusion in the left anterior descending artery caused by a remote insertion of an epicardial pacemaker lead.
Authors
- Sahar Samimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2133-3106)
- Alexander Butkevich
- Rody G. Bou Chaaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1953-5956)
- Chloé Kharsa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2680-7047)
- Yasser Sammour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2025-6447)
- Alpesh Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8600-6352)
- Joe Aoun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6339-1630)
- Hassaan Arshad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2690-1646)
- Taha Hatab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6184-8314)
- Fatima Qamar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6035-5706)
Institutions
- Houston Methodist (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JACC Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102955
- Primary Topic
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00