Uncomplicated heart and lung perforation by a displaced ventricular pacemaker lead: A case report

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 429-430

  Selcuk, Hatice ^a   Selcuk, M Timur ^a,b   Maden, Orhan ^a   Ozeke, Ozcan ^a   Celenk, M Kutlu ^a   Turkvatan, Aysel ^a   Korkmaz, Sule ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lead displacement; Lung perforation; Pacemakers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LUNG; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33645725071     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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