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Regular (A) and zoomed-in (B) view of the migrated right ventricular pacing lead outside of the chest wall (arrows)
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FIG1
The patient presented to the emergency department (ED) with new-onset blood-tinged, yellow drainage and obvious erosion of his electrodes (Figure 1).
Axial (A) and sagittal (B) views of chest computed tomography showing the right ventricular pacing lead perforating the right ventricle (arrows)
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FIG2
Computed tomography without contrast showed the right ventricular pacing lead perforating the right ventricle (Figure 2).