Traumatic Tension Pneumothorax as a Cause of ICD Failure: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Background. Tension pneumothorax can infrequently cause ventricular arrhythmias and increase the threshold of defibrillation. It should be suspected whenever there is difficulty in defibrillation for a ventricular arrhythmia. Purpose. To report a case of traumatic tension pneumothorax leading to ven...

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Autores principales: Ul Haq, Ehtesham, Omar, Bassam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4220567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25400953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/261705

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4220567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25400953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/261705

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