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Bronchopericardial fistula after placement of an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator: radiographic and CT findings.

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Nolan, RL; McAdams, HP
Published in: AJR Am J Roentgenol
February 1999

OBJECTIVE: We describe our experience with bronchopericardial fistula as a complication of infection in patients who have undergone placement of automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator systems. CONCLUSION: Bronchopericardial fistula should be suspected in patients who present with hemoptysis and who have undergone placement of an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator using pericardial or epicardial defibrillator patches. Air between a defibrillator patch and the heart on chest radiographs or CT is diagnostic.

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AJR Am J Roentgenol

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ISSN

0361-803X

Publication Date

February 1999

Volume

172

Issue

2

Start / End Page

365 / 368

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  • Pericardium
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hemoptysis
  • Heart Diseases
  • Fistula
 

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Nolan, R. L., & McAdams, H. P. (1999). Bronchopericardial fistula after placement of an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator: radiographic and CT findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 172(2), 365–368. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.172.2.9930783
Nolan, R. L., and H. P. McAdams. “Bronchopericardial fistula after placement of an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator: radiographic and CT findings.AJR Am J Roentgenol 172, no. 2 (February 1999): 365–68. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.172.2.9930783.
Nolan, R. L., and H. P. McAdams. “Bronchopericardial fistula after placement of an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator: radiographic and CT findings.AJR Am J Roentgenol, vol. 172, no. 2, Feb. 1999, pp. 365–68. Pubmed, doi:10.2214/ajr.172.2.9930783.

Published In

AJR Am J Roentgenol

DOI

ISSN

0361-803X

Publication Date

February 1999

Volume

172

Issue

2

Start / End Page

365 / 368

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  • Pericardium
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hemoptysis
  • Heart Diseases
  • Fistula