Cardiac strangulation: An atypical complication from epicardial pacemaker leads in a newborn

• Main Authors: Nabil Tahhan (Author), Papa Salmane Ba (Author), Khaled Hadeed (Author), Yves Dulac (Author), Fabio Cuttone (Author), Bertrand Leobon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report a rare and serious complication of cardiac strangulation arising from the implantation of epicardial pacing leads in a newborn. Patient's follow-up 9-month postsurgery revealed compression under the pulmonary valve annulus by a pacemaker lead, causing progressive stenosis of the right...