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ArticleCureus2025

Transient Decrease in Ventricular Sensing Secondary to Left Lung Collapse.

Julian A Chestaro, Rami N Khouzam

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Julian A ChestaroMedicine, Grand Strand Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, USA.
Rami N KhouzamCardiology, Grand Strand Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When interrogating a pacemaker, there are multiple elements that can be measured to provide insight into a pacemaker's integrity and function. Changes in any of those elements outside the normal range may indicate complications such as lead malfunction, lead detachment, or even cardiovascular structural changes. We present a unique case of a patient who underwent permanent dual-chamber pacemaker placement following a bradycardia-induced cardiac arrest. On the first day post-procedure, the patient developed a complete whiteout of the left lung due to a mucus plug, leading to low impedance and low ventricular sensing values on pacemaker interrogation. Remarkably, the sensing values normalized following the resolution of the left lung whiteout after a bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) successfully removed the mucus plug from the left airway.

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bronchoalveolar lavagecomplete av blockpacemaker complicationspacemaker lead displacementpermanent pacemaker implantation (ppm)

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PMID40861742
PMCPMC12372561

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