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- who: Xiang Huang from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan have published the research: Case report: Left ventricular perforation caused by right ventricular pacemaker lead, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
SUMMARY
Iatrogenic ventricle perforation by pacing/defibrillation leads is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication which occurs in only 0.3-0.8% of pacemaker (PM) or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation procedures. Although the right ventricular (RV) apex is the site of lead perforation that occurs most frequently, few cases have been reported of lead penetration through the interventricular septum and . . .
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