Right pneumothorax resulting from an endocardial screw-in atrial lead in an implantable cardioverter defibrillator system.
This report describes a rare case of a patient undergoing implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator in whom a right pneumothorax resulting from an endocardial screw-in atrial lead was observed. Pericardial effusion, substantial changes in lead impedance, andpacing and sensing thresholds were not observed. Pneumothorax disappeared spontaneously and has not reoccurred during follow-up with conservative therapy alone.
D000328:Adult; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*