Pericarditis Post Pacemaker Implantation Progressing To Cardiac Tamponade after Treatment of an Incidental Pulmonary Embolism

This report presents a case of cardiac tamponade that developed after a patient who presented with a pleuritic chest pain 2 weeks after pacemaker implantation. The patient developed cardiac tamponade after being treated with heparin drip for an incidental pulmonary embolism.