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SUBMITTER: Saidi B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2953237 | biostudies-literature | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saidi Bahare B Roshanali Farideh F Yousefnia Mohammad Ali MA Mandegar Mohammad Hossein MH
Texas Heart Institute journal 20100101 5
After cardiac operations, careful management substantially reduces the risks of negative complications during or after the removal of temporary epicardial pacing wires. Herein, we report the case of a 58-year-old man who, 4 days after undergoing aortic root replacement, developed pericardial tamponade after the removal of temporary epicardial pacing wires. Consequent to the tamponade, a right-to-left shunt developed through a previously undiagnosed patent foramen ovale. The patient underwent eme ...[more]