Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE
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Pacing Clin Electrophysiol · Mar 1998
Case ReportsCerebral embolism due to a retained pacemaker lead: a case report.
There are only a few reported cases of a pacemaker lead migrating inadvertently into the left atrium or ventricle. An unusual complication of unremoved, unwanted pacemaker lead is presented. The free tip of the lead caused cerebral embolism after perforating the interatrial septum.