title: Arteriovenous fistula: a complication of cardiac pacemaker lead placement and its management with percutaneous embolization.
abstract: A right internal mammary artery to right brachiocephalic vein fistula was discovered following implantation of a permanent cardiac pacemaker. The fistula was closed via percutaneous embolization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, California 92357.
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Heywood
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011859:Radiography