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Chest pain following permanent pacemaker insertion… a case of pneumopericardium due to atrial lead perforation

Permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation is an increasingly common procedure with complication rate estimated between 3% and 6%. Cardiac perforation by pacemaker lead(s) is rare, but a previous study has shown that it is probably an underdiagnosed complication. We are presenting a case of a patient wh...

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Autores principales: Aktaa, Suleman, Fatania, Kavi, Gains, Claire, White, Hazel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6203003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30366893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-226318