Recurrent postcardiac injury syndrome mimicking cardiac perforation following transvenous pacing: An unusual presentation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1312-1314

  Krishnan, Mangalath N ^a   Luqman, Nazar ^a   Nair, Ramachandran ^a   Moncy, Oommen J ^a   Chong, Chean L ^a   Chong, Chee F W ^a   Lau, Ngo B ^a  

^a RIPAS HOSPITAL   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Cardiac perforation; Post cardiac injury syndrome; Transvenous pacing

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INJURY; HEART PACING; HEART PERFORATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PERFORATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTCARDIAC INJURY SYNDROME; RECURRENT DISEASE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RECURRENCE; SYNDROME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33750713333     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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