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Case Reports
. 2010 Dec;11(6):854-5.
doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.240978. Epub 2010 Sep 16.

Temporary epicardial pacing wire removal: is it an innocuous procedure?

Pankaj Kumar Mishra  1 , Emma Lengyel, Suresh Lakshmanan, Heyman Luckraz
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Temporary epicardial pacing wire removal: is it an innocuous procedure?

Pankaj Kumar Mishra et al. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Dec.

Abstract

The safety and efficacy of temporary pericardial pacing wires have been accepted and their use is common after cardiac operations. Complications related to pacing wire removal are unusual but it can be serious and even catastrophic. We report an unusual case of bleeding due the laceration and rent created in the saphenous vein graft wall by the metallic tip of the pacing wire at the time of pacing wire removal.

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