title: An unexpected complication during percutaneous pacemaker lead extraction unveiled by transesophageal echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: skevos1@otenet.gr.
authors.forename: Skevos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sideris
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens School of Medicine, Greece.
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benetos
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens School of Medicine, Greece.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lazaros
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens School of Medicine, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gatzoulis
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lymperiadis
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stavropoulos
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens School of Medicine, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toutouzas
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Manakos
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Traxanas
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trantalis
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens School of Medicine, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tousoulis
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kallikazaros
mesh_terms: D020878:Device Removal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial
keywords: Complication; Percutaneous pacemaker lead extraction; Right atrial thrombus; Ventricular perforation