| Literature DB >> 23438538 |
Giovanni B Forleo1, Jacob Zeitani, Tommaso Perretta, Domenico G Della Rocca, Luca Santini, Giovanni Simonetti, Francesco Romeo.
Abstract
Perforation and migration of pacemaker electrodes into the pleural cavity is a rare event. We report the clinical course and surgical treatment of massive acute hemothorax resulting from intercostal artery laceration, caused by a retained active-fixation pacing lead implanted 10 months earlier.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 23438538 DOI： 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.07.064
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Thorac Surg ISSN： 0003-4975 Impact factor: 4.330