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Constrictive Pericarditis Complicating Endovascular Pacemaker Implantation
Author(s) -
ELINAV ERAN,
LEIBOWITZ DAVID
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00376.x
Subject(s) - medicine , constrictive pericarditis , pericardial effusion , complication , pericarditis , peripheral edema , cardiology , surgery , adverse effect
ELINAV, E., et al. : Constrictive Pericarditis Complicating Endovascular Pacemaker Implantation. A patient is described who has 6 months of progressive dyspnea and peripheral edema for 4 years following implantation of an endovascular pacemaker, which was complicated by a large hemorrhagic pericardial effusion. Evaluation was consistent with constrictive pericarditis, which is an extremely unusual complication of pacemaker implantation.