title: Right ventricular and chest wall perforation caused by a permanent pacemaker lead after implantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, 'Vito Fazzi' Hospital, Lecce, Italy salvatore.nicolardi@unipv.it.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nicolardi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, 'Vito Fazzi' Hospital, Lecce, Italy.
authors.forename: Gian Paolo
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Floris
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, 'Vito Fazzi' Hospital, Lecce, Italy.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rocco
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, 'Vito Fazzi' Hospital, Lecce, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Casali
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Iatrogenic complications; Pacemaker; Surgical repair; Ventricular perforation