title: Subacute implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead perforation: a potentially life-threatening event.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St-Jan Hospital Bruges, Ruddershove 10, B-8000 Bruges, Belgium. rene.tavernier@azbrugge.be
authors.forename: Rene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tavernier
authors.forename: Mattias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duytschaever
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dossche
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Verleyen
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van Den Brande
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: De Greef
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Vandekerckhove
mesh_terms: 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*