Volume 113, Issue 1, Pages 252-254 (January 1998) Erosion of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patch Electrode Into Airways Asok Dasgupta, MBBS, Atul C. Mehta, MBBS, FCCP, Thomas W. Rice, MD, FCCP, Patrick Tchou, MD, Yvonne Meli, RN, Herbert P. Wiedemann, MD, FCCP CHEST Volume 113, Issue 1, Pages 252-254 (January 1998) DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.1.252 Copyright © 1998 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
1 CT scan of chest revealing pocket of air (arrow) medial to the posterior left ventricular ICD patch electrode (arrowhead). CHEST 1998 113, 252-254DOI: (10.1378/chest.113.1.252) Copyright © 1998 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
2 Bronchoscopic image: ICD patch electrode (arrow) visualized within the anterior segment of the lower lobe of the left lung. CHEST 1998 113, 252-254DOI: (10.1378/chest.113.1.252) Copyright © 1998 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Intraoperative photograph: lateral retraction of the lung (L) reveals the ICD patch electrode (arrow) which had embedded within the lung; H=heart. CHEST 1998 113, 252-254DOI: (10.1378/chest.113.1.252) Copyright © 1998 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions