Ventricular fibrillation following removal of temporary epicardial pacemaking wires.
Temporary wires are routinely sutured to both the atrial and ventricular epimyocardium after open heart surgery. Despite their rarity, complications related to removal of such pacemaking wires may cause life threatening situations. We describe here a patient who developed ventricular fibrillation immediately after removal of temporary epicardial pacemaking wires.
Imren
Yildirim
Y
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gazi Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. yimren@gazi.edu.tr
Zor
Hakan
H
Tasoglu
Irfan
I
D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D002675:Child, Preschool; D020878:Device Removal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*