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Intermittent output failure of a VVI device due to the disintegration of the generator
12nd Medical Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweiss University, Szabolcs Str 33-35, Budapest, Hungary. bohm@freemail.hu
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|March 3, 2001
Abstract:
The metal case and the header of a Biovallees Coralite 247 pacemaker fell apart in a patient resulting in syncope due to myopotential inhibition. Upon recalling our patients with that type of device, we found a similar technological failure in 11 of 16 of them. This finding warrants a consideration for recalling that Biovallees device.