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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2001-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/257641