Retained epicardial pacing wires can rarely cause delayed organized pericardial hematomas with atrial compression, especially in patients on oral anticoagulants.
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Alerts to rare delayed hematoma around retained epicardial wires post-AVR; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
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