title: Right ventricular perforation with cardiac tamponade associated with use of a temporary pacing wire and abciximab during complex coronary angioplasty.
abstract: We describe our recent experience of right ventricular perforation leading to cardiac tamponade associated with a complex coronary angioplasty in which abciximab and a temporary pacing wire were used. This is to highlight the possibility that the combined use of temporary pacing wires and the IIb/IIIa receptor antagonists may be associated with an increased risk of this serious complication. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 48:388-389, 1999.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nashed
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Juergens
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D000077284:Abciximab; D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000628:therapy*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D000077284:Abciximab