Mahajan S, Porterfield J G, Porterfield L M, Wells V E, Crump C A
Methodist Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 1996 Sep;19(9):1398-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb04225.x.
Two years after implantation of an ICD with epicardial patch leads, a patient presented with hemoptysis. The posterior left ventricular patch was found to have eroded into lingular segmental bronchus. During thoracotomy, the hardware was removed and the bronchus successfully repaired.