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Case timeline.
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Figure 1 shows the timeline of this case.
Chest X-ray images from December 2019 (a) showing both leads were intact, while results from January 2020 (b) and September 2020 (c) showing a complete right-ventricular lead fracture (arrow).
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A chest X-ray image from December 2019 showed that both leads were intact (Figure 2a). It showed a complete right-ventricular pacemaker lead fracture (Figure 2b). Chest X-ray scanning had similar findings as compared with 8 months ago, showing a complete ventricular lead fracture (Figure 2c).
Chest fluoroscopy from different body positions (a-c).
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The results of chest fluoroscopy confirmed that the free end of the fractured ventricular lead was in a fixed position and did not move with heartbeats or change of body position (Figure 3).