Left Hemothorax: An Unusual Complication of Delayed Right Ventricular Perforation by a Permanent Pacemaker Lead

Abstrakt

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.

Klíčová slova

• ventricular perforation
• pacemaker lead