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Aortic perforation due to cardiac resynchronisation therapy defibrillator lead placement: Case report and medicolegal considerations

A 45-year-old woman with dilated cardiomyopathy was admitted for the upgrade of a previously implanted pacemaker. Echocardiography showed intraventricular dyssynchrony and a low ejection fraction (0.35). Treatment with a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) was selected and the de...

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Autores principales: Grande, Antonino M., Fiore, Antonio, Merlano, Maurizio, Buzzi, Fabio, Mazzola, Alessandro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26702323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2015.05.002