A Shocking Complication of a Pneumothorax: Chest Tube-Induced Arrhythmias and Review of the Literature
We describe a patient with a recent chest tube insertion leading to atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate that led to multiple inappropriate internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD) shocks. This is the first reported case of this occurring in a patient with an ICD leading to inappropriate shoc...
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Main Authors: | Shaun Cardozo, Kevin Belgrave |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2014-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Cardiology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/681572 |
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