Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for a Chronic Total Occlusion Caused by an External Pacemaker Lead Placement.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Kharsa C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11862300 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature