Myocardial infarction due to a retained epicardial pacing wire.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.055.
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Abstract
A 20-year-old man with a temporary epicardial pacing wire retained after infant repair of an atrioventricular septal defect presented with cardiopulmonary arrest. After resuscitation with extracorporeal membranous oxygenation, a coronary angiogram demonstrated a retained epicardial pacing wire compressing the left anterior descending artery and obtuse marginals. Owing to poor prognostic findings on a computed tomography scan of his head, he was terminally withdrawn from mechanical support. This case demonstrates a potential devastating complication of a retained temporary epicardial pacing wire.
Medical subject headings
- Foreign Bodies
- Myocardial Infarction