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The Shocking Lung Mass: A Case Report
Author(s) -
MAHAJAN SANJIV,
PORTERFIELD JAMES G.,
PORTERFIELD LINDA M.,
WELLS VAN E.,
CRUMP CHARLES A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb04225.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lung , medical emergency , intensive care medicine
Two years after implantation of an ICD with epicardial patch leads, a patient presented with hemoptysis. The posterior left ventricular patch was found to have eroded into lingular segmental bronchus. During thomcotomy, the hardware was removed and the bronchus successfully repaired.