• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Dec 2010

    Case Reports

    Temporary epicardial pacing wire removal: is it an innocuous procedure?

    • Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Emma Lengyel, Suresh Lakshmanan, and Heyman Luckraz.
    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Lung Centre, New Cross Hospital, Wednesfield Road, Wolverhampton WV10 0QP, UK. mishrapk_25@yahoo.com
    • Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Dec 1;11(6):854-5.

    AbstractThe safety and efficacy of temporary pericardial pacing wires have been accepted and their use is common after cardiac operations. Complications related to pacing wire removal are unusual but it can be serious and even catastrophic. We report an unusual case of bleeding due the laceration and rent created in the saphenous vein graft wall by the metallic tip of the pacing wire at the time of pacing wire removal.

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