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Left Hemothorax : An Unusual Complication of Delayed Right Ventricular Perforation by a Permanent Pacemaker Lead
Author(s) -
Pojar Marek,
Vobornik Martin,
Novy Jiri
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12080
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , hemothorax , ventricle , perforation , permanent pacemaker , lead (geology) , surgery , cardiology , pneumothorax , punching , materials science , geomorphology , metallurgy , geology
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. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12080 (J Card Surg 2013;28:325–327)