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The usefulness of a stretch-polyester pouch to encase implanted pacemakers and defibrillators
V Parsonnet1, A D Bernstein, D Neglia
1Department of Surgery, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, New Jersey 07112.
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
This study was undertaken to assess the effects of enclosing permanent pacemaker and ICD pulse generators in a stretch-polyester pouch prior to implantation. Follow-up of 223 patients with oversized pacemakers and with ICDs and 344 with standard-sized pacemaker pulse generators showed that the pouch was effective in decreasing the frequency of pulse generator migration and extrusion.