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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