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Pacing lead fracture after a deceleration injury
J G Grieco1, P J Scanlon, R Pifarré
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|March 1, 1989
Abstract:
Acute pacemaker malfunction is potentially lethal. A high index of suspicion must be maintained in physicians caring for traumatized patients utilizing permanent pacing systems. We present a case of transvenous pacemaker lead fracture sustained in a vehicular deceleration injury.