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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in a patient with complete atrioventricular heart block
J P Pertek1, J P Haberer, J Hubert
1Department of Anesthesiology, CHU de Nancy-Braboia, Vandoeuvre, France.
European Journal of Anaesthesiology
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy using a spark gap generator is contraindicated in patients with complete atrioventricular heart block. A case of a patient with such a heart block, who successfully underwent renal lithotripsy, without cardiac pacemaker, is reported.