Subacute Right Ventricular Perforation by Pacemaker Lead Causing Left-Sided Hemothorax and Epicardial Hematoma

We report a case of right ventricular wall perforation by a pacemaker lead in a 78-year-old female 18 days after a permanent pacemaker insertion. This injury necessitated explant of the perforating lead and implantation of a new one with surgical backup. We review the literature and discuss the poss...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Abdelrahman, Shokr, Mohamed, Lieberman, Randy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5733900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29277845
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1264734

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5733900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29277845
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1264734

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