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Ventricular fibrillation following removal of temporary epicardial pacemaking wires

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2005

Yildirim Imren ,
Hakan Zor  and
Irfan Tasoglu
Yildirim Imren
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gazi Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Hakan Zor
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gazi Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Irfan Tasoglu
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gazi Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Abstract

Temporary wires are routinely sutured to both the atrial and ventricular epimyocardium after open heart surgery. Despite their rarity, complications related to removal of such pacemaking wires may cause life threatening situations. We describe here a patient who developed ventricular fibrillation immediately after removal of temporary epicardial pacemaking wires.

Keywords

Pacemakingarrhythmiascomplications
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 15 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 654 - 655
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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