Abstract
In many centres, epicardal pace wires are routinely implanted during coronary artery bypass surgery to treat postoperative tachy- and brady-arrhythmias. We describe the case of an 88-year-old male, with severe comorbidity, who underwent a successful CABG, but incurred an unacknowledged iatrogenic perforation of the ileum with the placement of an epicardial pace wire. The patient developed septic shock and multi organ failure despite intra-abdominal surgical interventions and intensive care therapy, and died 6 days after CABG.
Bidragets oversatte titel | Fatalt tilfælde af perforation af ileum af pace-wires under coronar bypass kirurgi |
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Originalsprog | Engelsk |
Tidsskrift | Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery |
Vol/bind | 25 |
Udgave nummer | 1 |
Sider (fra-til) | 135-136 |
Antal sider | 2 |
ISSN | 1569-9293 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2017 |