Left hemothorax: an unusual complication of delayed right ventricular perforation by a permanent pacemaker lead
Journal of cardiac surgery.
2013 May ;
28 (3) :
325-7.
[epub] 20130311
Language English Country United States Media print-electronic
Document type Case Reports, Journal Article
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/pmid23480591
PubMed
23480591
DOI
10.1111/jocs.12080
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Biocompatible Materials MeSH
- Foreign Bodies diagnosis etiology surgery MeSH
- Defibrillators, Implantable adverse effects MeSH
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated therapy MeSH
- Hemothorax diagnosis etiology surgery MeSH
- Electrodes, Implanted adverse effects MeSH
- Shock, Cardiogenic diagnosis etiology surgery MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Device Removal MeSH
- Pericardium injuries MeSH
- Pleura injuries MeSH
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed MeSH
- Polytetrafluoroethylene MeSH
- Aged MeSH
- Suture Techniques MeSH
- Heart Ventricles injuries MeSH
- Heart Failure therapy MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Aged MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Case Reports MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Biocompatible Materials MeSH
- Polytetrafluoroethylene MeSH
Cardiac ventricle perforation by a pacemaker (PM) lead is an uncommon complication of PM implantation. We report a patient with a delayed right ventricular perforation from a permanent PM lead which presented as a left hemothorax.
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