Vol 70, No 5 (2012)
Invasive electrophysiology
Published online: 2012-05-23
Iatrogenic left lateral thoracic artery injury during pacemaker implantation successfully treated with stentgraft implantation
DOI: 10.33963/v.kp.78913
Kardiol Pol 2012;70(5):537-539.
Abstract
Left lateral thoracic artery iatrogenic injury is a rare complication during pacemaker implantation procedure. We present
a case, where this complication occurred and was followed with massive tissue and pleural haemorrhage. The injury was
successfully sealed with stentgraft device without any complications.
Keywords: pacemaker implantationleft lateral thoracic artery iatrogenic injurytissue hemorrhagepleural haemorrhage
