title: Myocardial infarction due to a retained epicardial pacing wire.
abstract: A 20-year-old man with a temporary epicardial pacing wire retained after infant repair of an atrioventricular septal defect presented with cardiopulmonary arrest. After resuscitation with extracorporeal membranous oxygenation, a coronary angiogram demonstrated a retained epicardial pacing wire compressing the left anterior descending artery and obtuse marginals. Owing to poor prognostic findings on a computed tomography scan of his head, he was terminally withdrawn from mechanical support. This case demonstrates a potential devastating complication of a retained temporary epicardial pacing wire.
authors.affiliation: Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53213, USA. scohen@chw.org
authors.forename: Scott B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bartz
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Earing
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sheil
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nicolosi
authors.forename: Ronald K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D010496:Pericardium; D055815:Young Adult