Ruptured spleen as a complication of insertion of an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
The authors describe a previously unreported complication of insertion of an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator via the left subcostal surgical approach. Splenic hematoma, intraperitoneal hemorrhage and hypotension developed in a 66-year-old man within 5 days of implantation, and the patient underwent splenectomy.
Dumas
M D
MD
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University Hospital, University of Western Ontario, London.
Bach
D B
DB
Guiraudon
G M
GM
D000368:Aged; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed