title: [Pericardial tamponade following extraction of a pacemaker electrode].
abstract: A case of pericardial tamponade in a male patient secondary to the removal of an epicardial pacemaker wire is reported, resulting in rapid circulatory deterioration. Sternotomy with subsequent pericardectomy immediately relieved the compression of the heart. The postoperative period was complicated by a cerebral infarction on the third postoperative day, probably caused by cardiac embolism while the role of intraoperative hypotension is uncertain.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anästhesiologie der Technischen Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jelen-Esselborn
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Präuer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Herzbeuteltamponade nach Extraktion einer Schrittmacherelektrode.