Fatality following right atrial perforation by a screw-in pacemaker electrode |
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| Authors: | deRoux Stephen J |
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| Institution: | Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York, New York University School of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. npmd@comcast.net |
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| Abstract: | This paper describes the first reported fatality from right atrial perforation complicating the insertion of a screw-in right atrial pacemaker electrode. The patient was an 84-year-old woman with the sick sinus syndrome who also had hepatic cirrhosis. |
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