Unintended Harm and Benefit of the Implantable Defibrillator in an Unfortunate 19-Year-Old Male: Featuring a Sequence of Rare Life-threatening Complications of Cardiac Procedures

Unintended Harm and Benefit of the Implantable Defibrillator in an Unfortunate 19-Year-Old Male: Featuring a Sequence of Rare Life-threatening Complications of Cardiac Procedures

All procedures have inherent risk. Our patient endured a sequence of rare life-threatening complications from commonly preformed procedures. The sequence of these complications was; large pericardial effusion post implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation with echocardiographic signs...

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Main Authors: Amin Daoulah, FRCPC, Ali Ocheltree, MBBS, Amir Lotfi, FACC, Sara Ocheltree, MBBS, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, MD, MSc, FACC, Abdul-Karim Al-Habib, MBBS, Osama El-Sayed, FACC, Ali Haneef, FRCS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-07-01
Series:Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
Subjects:
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
radiofrequency ablation
coronary injury
pericardial effusion
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0972629216306507

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