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Pericardial tamponade associated with pacemaker catheter manipulation
M A Sandler1, J H Wertheimer, M N Kotler
1Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141.
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
Three patients developed cardiac tamponade following postpacemaker catheter manipulation. Although regarded as a rare complication, this entity has to be recognized immediately on clinical grounds and confirmed by echocardiography. Prompt recognition and urgent pericardial drainage is lifesaving in this acute cardiac emergency.