Successful Interventional Management for Pulmonary Arterial Injury Secondary to Pacemaker Implantation

Subclavian vein puncture is a relatively fast and safe technique to access the right heart for placement of pacemaker leads. Hemothorax related to injury of the pulmonary artery (PA) is a rare complication of subclavian vein access but can be life-threatening. We report a case of hemothorax occurrin...

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Main Authors: Hiroyuki Tokue, Azusa Tokue, Hideo Morita, Yoshito Tsushima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4340193