Delayed cardiac perforation from an atrial screw-in lead can present unusually with sharp back pain radiating to the arm, shoulder, and chest.
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Delayed perforation should be considered with sharp back pain in atrial lead patients; extends recognized presentations but remains hypothesis-generating.
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Velavan et al. (2003) studied this question.
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