Publication Date
1-1-2025
Journal
The Texas Heart Institute Journal
DOI
10.14503/THIJ-23-8303
PMID
40567411
PMCID
PMC12188124
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
6-24-2025
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Abstract
The Micra device is a leadless pacemaker implanted in the right ventricle via a femoral vein transcatheter approach. There are several indications for and advantages to using a leadless pacemaker, and the device's role in the field of cardiology will probably continue to increase. This article presents the case of a rare complication probably due to inadvertent placement of the device in the left ventricle across an undiagnosed patent foramen ovale.
Keywords
Humans, Cardiac Catheterization, Device Removal, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Equipment Design, Foramen Ovale, Patent, Heart Ventricles, Pacemaker, Artificial, Pacemaker, artificial; heart septal defects; foramen ovale, patent
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Alkowatli, Hamza; Kutmah, Mahmoud; Shaik, Adnan; et al., "Accidental Left Ventricular Placement of a Leadless Micra Pacemaker Through a Patent Foramen Ovale" (2025). The Texas Heart Institute Journal. 411.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/texasheartinstituejournal/411