Postpericardiotomy syndrome and cardiac tamponade as a late complication after pacemaker implantation.
2001
SPINDLER, M., et al.: Postpericardiotomy Syndrome and Cardiac. Tamponade as a Late Complication After Pacemaker Implantation. In a 78-year old woman, pacemaker implantation was complicated by a transient perforation of the endocardial lead. The patient was in stable condition for up to 7 weeks after implantation, after which pericardial effusion and subacute cardiac tamponade developed and pericardiocentesis became necessary. This case illustrates that even after initially uneventful pacemaker lead perforation, careful, long-term follow-up is necessary to recognize the potential development of late postpericardiotomy syndrome.
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