Subacute implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead perforation: a potentially life-threatening event.
We describe a 74-year-old man presenting with a life-threatening left-sided haemothorax as a result of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead perforation occurring 1 month after implantation.
Tavernier
Rene
R
Department of Cardiology, St-Jan Hospital Bruges, Ruddershove 10, B-8000 Bruges, Belgium. rene.tavernier@azbrugge.be
Duytschaever
Mattias
M
Dossche
Karl
K
Verleyen
Dirk
D
Van Den Brande
Filip
F
De Greef
Yves
Y
Vandekerckhove
Yves
Y
D000368:Aged; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*