Intervention
pericardial effusion, chest pain
PERICARDIAL EFFUSION
The procedural data are shown in Procedural dataData are number (%).CVC, cephalic vein cutdown; IPUS-AVP, intra-pocket ultrasound-guided axillary vein puncture.
Two patients scheduled to have a dual-chamber pacemaker received a single-chamber device because of chest pain and pericardial effusion after atrial lead placement. They did not require pericardial drainage. The atrial lead was extracted, and the procedure was successfully completed by implanting a single-chamber device. Both patients were in the CVC group. The operator’s decision to implant only a single-chamber device was not considered a procedural failure, as vascular access and lead insertion were successful.