Key result
Transvenous insertion of a permanent pacemaker was followed 2 months later by postcardiotomy syndrome, which resolved after pericardiocentesis and indomethacin administration.
Population
n=1, 75-year-old woman presenting with fever, pericarditis, and symptomatic pericardial effusion 2 months…
Design
Case_report
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Alerts clinicians to possible delayed pericardial effusion post-pacing; single case leaves causality and incidence open.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights that postcardiotomy syndrome can occur after transvenous pacemaker insertion, potentially due to unrecognized right ventricular perforation, and responds to pericardiocentesis and indomethacin.
Snow et al. (1987) conducted a case report in Postcardiotomy syndrome (n=1). Transvenous pacemaker insertion was evaluated on Postcardiotomy syndrome (fever, pericarditis, and symptomatic pericardial effusion). Transvenous insertion of a permanent pacemaker was followed 2 months later by postcardiotomy syndrome, which resolved after pericardiocentesis and indomethacin administration.
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