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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 94, 446-447, Copyright © 1987 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Migration of temporary epicardial pacer wire fragment retained after a cardiac operation

FL Korompai, RH Hayward and WL Knight

Reported complications of retained temporary epicardial pacer wires after cardiac operations have been confined to infections. We report the migration of the retained fragment into the free peritoneal cavity after 6 years of stability in the precordium.

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