Late presentation of a lead perforation as a complication of permanent pacemaker insertion

Angiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 619-621

  Haq, Salman A ^a   Heitner, John F ^a   Lee, Leonard ^a,b   Kassotis, John T ^c  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead perforation; Pericardial effusion; Permanent pacemaker; Symptomatic bradycardia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; STERNOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 53949107157     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707306438     Document Type: Article

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