Right Atrial Perforation Secondary to Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Insertion

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
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spelling doaj-621b0d90422443e3b21f25a2d504eeb62021-07-02T03:00:11ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412001-01-018428328510.1155/2001/257641Right Atrial Perforation Secondary to Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator InsertionNam T Tran0Adam Zivin1Darius Mozaffarian2Riyad Karmy-Jones3Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USADivision of Cardiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USADivision of Cardiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USADivision of Thoracic Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USAImplantable 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 adjacent lung parenchyma. The hemothorax was drained thoracoscopically, and the atrial injury was covered with fibrin glue.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/257641
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author Nam T Tran
Adam Zivin
Darius Mozaffarian
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Adam Zivin
Darius Mozaffarian
Riyad Karmy-Jones
Right Atrial Perforation Secondary to Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Insertion
Canadian Respiratory Journal
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Adam Zivin
Darius Mozaffarian
Riyad Karmy-Jones
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title Right Atrial Perforation Secondary to Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Insertion
title_short Right Atrial Perforation Secondary to Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Insertion
title_full Right Atrial Perforation Secondary to Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Insertion
title_fullStr Right Atrial Perforation Secondary to Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Insertion
title_full_unstemmed Right Atrial Perforation Secondary to Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Insertion
title_sort right atrial perforation secondary to implantable cardioverter defibrillator insertion
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Canadian Respiratory Journal
issn 1198-2241
publishDate 2001-01-01
description 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 adjacent lung parenchyma. The hemothorax was drained thoracoscopically, and the atrial injury was covered with fibrin glue.
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