Key result
Retained epicardial wire migrates into the pulmonary artery 13 years post-CABG and is successfully managed.
Why the study?
Complications arising from retained temporary epicardial wires after cardiac surgery are rare and not well characterized.
Design
Case report
Follow-up
13 years since initial surgery
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to rare epicardial wire migration risk; case report leaves open incidence and optimal retention protocols.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare but potentially severe long-term complication of retained temporary epicardial wires migrating through the myocardium.
Sheikh et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Transmyocardial migration of a retained epicardial wire (n=1). Retained epicardial wire was evaluated on Transmyocardial migration into the pulmonary artery. A retained temporary epicardial wire migrated transmyocardially through the right ventricle into the pulmonary artery 13 years after coronary artery bypass graft surgery and was successfully managed.
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