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Computed tomography showing ventricular lead perforation. The black arrows illustrate the perforation of the right ventricle by the lead of the pacemaker.
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The patient's blood pressure and heart rate stabilized, but computed tomography showed ventricular lead perforation (Figure 1).
Postoperative ultrasonography images. A dome-shaped structure appeared on the right ventricular free wall. The coating became increasingly thick beginning on postoperative day 7. On postoperative day 29, the inside of the dome was filled with high echoic substances, in which there was a small cavity without blood flow.
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The intra-dome space was filled with high echoic substances, in which a small cavity without blood flow was observed on postoperative day 29 (Figure 2).