1. Distal pacemaker lead fracture: a rare entity
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Kevin Carson, Daniel Augustine, and Anu Garg
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Pacemaker, Artificial ,Ventricular rate ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Heart block ,Rare entity ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Article ,Electrocardiography ,Equipment failure ,Heart Block ,Internal medicine ,Cardiology ,Humans ,Medicine ,Equipment Failure ,Female ,business ,Nursing homes ,Aged - Abstract
An 87-year-old woman from a nursing home with a history of ventricular rate responsive demand (VVIR) Microny II SR (St. Jude Medical AB, Jarfalla, Sweden) pacemaker insertion for syncope with complete heart block in 2003 was admitted following an episode of loss of consciousness. This occurred as she was being helped to the toilet by two carers each supporting her under one arm. …
- Published
- 2010
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