The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2020 , Vol 62 , Num 4
Pacemaker lead-induced tricuspid stenosis treated with percutaneous valvotomy
Nilüfer Çetiner 1 ,Işıl Yıldırım Baştuhan 1 ,Tolga Özyiğit 2 ,Ferit Onur Mutluer 3 ,Alpay Çeliker 1
1 Departments of Pediatric Cardiology, Koç University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
2 Department of Cardiology, Amerikan Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
3 Department of Cardiology, Koç University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
DOI : 10.24953/turkjped.2020.04.022 Background. Tricuspid stenosis is an uncommon complication of ventricular pacemaker electrode implantation, with few cases reported in the literature.

Case. We present an 18-year-old male who developed severe tricuspid stenosis 15 years after endocardial VVI pacemaker implantation for complete AV block following a surgically repaired ventricular septal defect.

Conclusion. In this case we have shown that percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty was performed and successful in treating this complication. Keywords : congenital heart defect, pacemaker, percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty, tricuspid stenosis

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