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Pericardial Tamponade Associated with Pacemaker Catheter Manipulation
Author(s) -
SANDLER MANFRED A.,
WERTHEIMER JOHN H.,
KOTLER MORRIS N.
Publication year - 1989
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 - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1989.tb01931.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , tamponade , complication , catheter , surgery , pericardial effusion , cardiology
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.