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Sterile Pericarditis in Aachener Minipigs As a Model for Atrial Myopathy and Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: September 24, 2021
[Recurrent delayed pericarditis after pacemaker implantation: a post-pericardiotomy-like syndrome?]
1Service de médecine interne et immunologie, complexe Bocage, CHU, 10, boulevard Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, BP 77908, 21079 Dijon cedex, France. levine_julien@yahoo.com
Introduction:
Pacemaker implantation is a usual technique in cardiology which may be followed by acute pleural effusion and delayed unusual pericarditis.
Case Report:
We reported the case of a 67 year-old man hospitalized for faintness. Rhythmical auricular disease was diagnosed and pacemaker was implanted without immediate complication. Though pericarditis with tamponade at the day 21 will require emergency pericardiotomy surgery. A recurrent pericarditis at day 45 was treated with anti-inflammatory drugs without relapse at the end of the treatment.
Discussion:
Repeated delayed pericarditis after pacemaker surgery may be compared to the Dressler syndrome which occurs after myocardial infarction.
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