Intraaortic Migration of an Epicardial Pacing Wire: Percutaneous Extraction

Infrequent but serious complications have been described in association with temporary epicardial pacing wires. We describe the case of an intraaortic migration of an infected retained atrial temporary epicardial pacing wire and the transfemoral percutaneous interventional approach for its extractio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2013-07, Vol.96 (1), p.e7-e8
Hauptverfasser:	Guerrieri Wolf, Lorenzo, MD, Scaffa, Raffaele, MD, Maselli, Daniele, MD, Weltert, Luca, MD, Nardella, Saverio, MD, Di Roma, Mauro, MD, De Paulis, Ruggero, MD, Tomai, Fabrizio, MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aorta, Thoracic Cardiothoracic Surgery Catheterization, Peripheral - methods Device Removal - methods Diagnosis, Differential Female Femoral Artery Follow-Up Studies Foreign-Body Migration - diagnosis Foreign-Body Migration - surgery Humans Pacemaker, Artificial - adverse effects Pericardium Postoperative Complications Surgery Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	Infrequent but serious complications have been described in association with temporary epicardial pacing wires. We describe the case of an intraaortic migration of an infected retained atrial temporary epicardial pacing wire and the transfemoral percutaneous interventional approach for its extraction.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.056