Leadless Pacemaker Implantation for a Super-elderly Woman with a Mediastinal Tumor

A 95-year-old woman with no cardiac history presented with symptomatic complete atrioventricular block. She underwent temporary cardiac pacing via the cervical vein, but a pacing lead could not be introduced via the usual route because of a mediastinal tumor. A leadless pacemaker (Micra™; Medtronic,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Internal Medicine 2022/05/15, Vol.61(10), pp.1545-1547
Hauptverfasser: Kabutoya, Tomoyuki, Imai, Yasushi, Aoyama, Yutaka, Toriumi, Shinichi, Yokota, Ayako, Komori, Takahiro, Kario, Kazuomi
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Zusammenfassung:A 95-year-old woman with no cardiac history presented with symptomatic complete atrioventricular block. She underwent temporary cardiac pacing via the cervical vein, but a pacing lead could not be introduced via the usual route because of a mediastinal tumor. A leadless pacemaker (Micra™; Medtronic, Minneapolis, USA) was implanted at the right ventricular septum via the right femoral vein. The procedure time was 40 minutes, with no complications noted. Over the two-year follow-up period, the threshold and impedance remained stable. The implantation of a leadless pacemaker was useful for improving the symptoms of a super-elderly woman with a mediastinal tumor.
ISSN:0918-2918
1349-7235
DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.8273-21