Migration of retained epicardial pacing wires

A 61-year-old man was referred with acute type A aortic dissection and underwent emergent hemiarch graft replacement with open stent graft implantation into the distal aortic arch. Atrial and ventricular bipolar temporary epicardial pacing wires (TEPWs) were placed after surgery. On the seventh post-operative day, the TEPWs were cut at the level of the skin, but left in …