Population
n=9 patients paced with an indwelling catheter as a preoperative measure prior to synchronous pacer…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
1 to 14 days
Authors
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Alerts to perforation risk with indwelling catheters; case reports leave open need for prospective evaluation before practice change.
Indwelling catheter pacing prior to permanent pacemaker implantation carries a risk of potentially asymptomatic catheter perforation into the pericardium.
Nathan et al. (1966) studied this question.
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