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The wandering pacemaker: intraperitoneal migration of an epicardially placed pacemaker and femoral nerve stimulation
M A Salim1, T G DiSessa, D C Watson
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Tennessee, 777 Washington Avenue, Suite 215, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Pediatric Cardiology
|February 13, 1999
Abstract:
A premature child with congenital complete heart block had an epicardial single-chamber pacemaker implanted at 2 days of age. At 21 months of age, while sitting or standing, the patient's right anterior thigh muscles contracted at her pulse rate. Surgical exploration revealed a free-floating pacemaker in her peritoneum. A new dual-chamber pacemaker was implanted into the abdominal wall with resolution of the child's symptoms.