Pericarditis Post Pacemaker Implantation Progressing To Cardiac Tamponade after Treatment of an Incidental Pulmonary Embolism

Ahmad A. Alwassia*, Bhanu P

Abstract

This report presents a case of cardiac tamponade that developed after a patient who presented with a pleuritic chest pain 2 weeks after pacemaker implantation. The patient developed cardiac tamponade after being treated with heparin drip for an incidental pulmonary embolism.

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