El s赤ndrome postpericardiotom赤a tras la implantaci車n de marcapasos: presentaci車n de un caso y revisi車n

作者：Nieto Rodriguez; J A; Vao Sanchis; D; Alonso Pardo; F; Paz Varea; V de

来源：Anales de Medicina Interna, 2005.

DOI：10.4321/S0212-71992005000400008

• postcardiotomy
• postpericardiotomy
• endovenous pacemaker
• pericarditis
• pericardial effusion.

we report a postpericardiotomy syndrome (ps) following the implantation of endovenous pacemaker in a 78-year-old woman. ten more single cases were reported in the medical literature since 1975. the infrequent single reports and the high complication rate are in contrast with the 4,6% occurrence and the benign course of acute pericarditis following the insertion of endovenous pacemakers in 126 consecutive patients. this sort of ps is probably underdiagnosed and the cases reported represent the more severe clinical presentations. a higher suspicion index would improve the diagnosis and management.