H. Goutal et al., POST-CARDIOTOMY SYNDROME - A RARE COMPLIC ATION OF TRANSVENOUS CARDIAC PACING - A CASE-REPORT, Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux, 88(12), 1995, pp. 1901-1903
The authors report a new case of the post-pericardiotomy syndrome occu
rring after implantation of a DDD pacemaker. This is a rare complicati
on of the insertion of a screw atrial electrode, the iatrogenic potent
ial of which has already been reported. The immediate outcome was favo
urable with anti-inflammatory therapy.