Right ventricular perforation with cardiac tamponade associated with use of a temporary pacing wire and abciximab during complex coronary angioplasty.
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.
Nashed
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Department of Cardiology, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
French
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Gallagher
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Hopkins
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Juergens
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Leung
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Lowe
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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
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D000077284:Abciximab