Retained temporary epicardial pacing wires can rarely lead to delayed infectious complications such as retroaortic abscess.
Retained epicardial wires may cause rare late abscess; hypothesis-generating for extraction protocols after endocarditis surgery.
Infectious complications related to retained temporary epicardial pacing wires are rare. We report a case of a focal retroaortic abscess in association with retained pacing wires that became manifest 3 years after surgery for tricuspid valve endocarditis.
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