| Literature DB >> 20978573 |
Bahare Saidi1, Farideh Roshanali, Mohammad Ali Yousefnia, Mohammad Hossein Mandegar.
Abstract
After cardiac operations, careful management substantially reduces the risks of negative complications during or after the removal of temporary epicardial pacing wires. Herein, we report the case of a 58-year-old man who, 4 days after undergoing aortic root replacement, developed pericardial tamponade after the removal of temporary epicardial pacing wires. Consequent to the tamponade, a right-to-left shunt developed through a previously undiagnosed patent foramen ovale. The patient underwent emergency surgery to repair myocardium that had ruptured due to the removal of the wires, and he recovered uneventfully.Entities:
Keywords: Cardiac pacing, artificial/adverse effects; cardiac surgical procedures; cardiac tamponade/etiology; echocardiography, transesophageal; heart injuries/etiology; heart septal defects, atrial; pacemaker, artificial; postoperative care, adverse effects; postoperative complications/etiology; treatment outcome
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20978573 PMCID： PMC2953237
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Tex Heart Inst J ISSN： 0730-2347