Is there a correlation between late re-exploration after cardiac surgery and removal of epicardial pacemaker wires?

BACKGROUND: Re-exploration for bleeding accounts for increased morbidity and mortality after major cardiac operations. The use of temporary epicardial pacemaker wires is a common procedure at many departments. The removal of these wires postoperatively can potentially lead to a serious bleeding nece...

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Published in:J Cardiothorac Surg
Main Authors: Bougioukas, Ioannis, Jebran, Ahmad Fawad, Grossmann, Marius, Friedrich, Martin, Tirilomis, Theodor, Schoendube, Friedrich A., Danner, Bernhard Christoph
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5264443/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28122567
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-017-0569-5
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