Sakellaridis Timothy, Argiriou Michalis, Panagiotakopoulos Victor, Charitos Christos
2nd Cardiac Surgery Department, Evagelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
J Cardiothorac Surg. 2009 Jun 24;4:26. doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-4-26.
Temporary epicardial pacing wires are routinely used during cardiac surgery; they are dependable in controlling postoperative arrhythmias and are associated with low morbitity.
We report a case of sternobronchial fistula formation induced by the existence of retained epicardial pacing wires in a patient who underwent coronary surgery ten years ago.
Reported complications of retained epicardial pacing wires are unusual. We present this case in order to include it to the potential complications of the epicardial pacing wires.
心脏手术期间常规使用临时心外膜起搏导线;它们在控制术后心律失常方面可靠且并发症发生率低。
我们报告一例十年前接受冠状动脉手术的患者因保留的心外膜起搏导线导致胸骨支气管瘘形成的病例。
报道的保留心外膜起搏导线的并发症并不常见。我们呈现此病例是为了将其纳入心外膜起搏导线的潜在并发症之中。