ACUTE PERICARDITIS FROM POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS OF PACEMAKER PLACEMENT AS A CAUSE FOR NEW-ONSET HEART FAILURE

After evacuation of blood from hemopericardium, inflammation may persist and lead to development of pericardial adhesions. As such the free wall motion may become limited leading to new onset heart failure. Treatment of pericardial inflammation may be curative in these situations. An 89-year-old