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Late Perforation of the Heart, Pericardium, and Diaphragm by an Active‐Fixation Ventricular Lead
Author(s) -
AKYOL AHMET,
AYDIN ALPER,
ERDINLER IZZET,
OGUZ ENIS
Publication year - 2005
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.1540-8159.2005.09374.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pericardium , cardiac tamponade , pericardial effusion , diaphragm (acoustics) , perforation , cardiology , tamponade , surgery , physics , punching , materials science , acoustics , loudspeaker , metallurgy
This case report describes a late perforation of right heart wall, pericardium, and diaphragm by an active‐fixation ventricular lead without development of pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade even under oral warfarin treatment.