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Intermittent Output Failure of a VVI Device Due to the Disintegration of the Generator
Author(s) -
BÖHM ADAM,
KAYSER SÁNDOR,
PINTÉR ARNOLD,
PRÉDA ISTVÁN
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00127.x
Subject(s) - medicine , header , cardiology , generator (circuit theory) , power (physics) , computer network , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science
BÖHM, A., et al. : Intermittent Output Failure of a VVI Device Due to the Disintegration of the Generator. 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.