Left hemothorax: an unusual complication of delayed right ventricular perforation by a permanent pacemaker lead

J Card Surg. 2013 May;28(3):325-7. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12080. Epub 2013 Mar 11.

Abstract

Cardiac ventricle perforation by a pacemaker (PM) lead is an uncommon complication of PM implantation. We report a patient with a delayed right ventricular perforation from a permanent PM lead which presented as a left hemothorax.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / therapy*
  • Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
  • Device Removal
  • Electrodes, Implanted / adverse effects*
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis
  • Foreign Bodies / etiology*
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Heart Failure / therapy*
  • Heart Ventricles / injuries*
  • Hemothorax / diagnosis
  • Hemothorax / etiology*
  • Hemothorax / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pericardium / injuries*
  • Pleura / injuries*
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / diagnosis
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / etiology
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / surgery
  • Suture Techniques
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene