Right Atrial Perforation Secondary to Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Insertion
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placements can be associated with serious complications. This paper reports a patient in whom percutaneous placement of an ICD resulted in a hemopneumothorax. This was due to an active fixation lead that perforated the right atrial wall and injured the ad...
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Main Authors: | Nam T Tran, Adam Zivin, Darius Mozaffarian, Riyad Karmy-Jones |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2001-01-01
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Series: | Canadian Respiratory Journal |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/257641 |
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