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Repeated postpericardiotomy syndrome following a temporary transvenous pacemaker insertion, a permanent transvenous
A Sasaki1, H Kobayashi, T Okubo
1Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Japan. a-sasaki@fa2.so-net.ne.jp
Japanese Circulation Journal
|April 24, 2001
Abstract:
The postpericardiotomy syndrome is a well-known complication of opening and manipulating the pericardium. The occurrence of this syndrome following transvenous pacemaker insertion is very rare, and only 5 cases have been reported to date. The present patient repeated this syndrome 3 times in a short period following 3 different interventional techniques: a temporary transvenous pacemaker, a permanent transvenous pacemaker and surgical pericardiotomy.