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Transient Exit Block of a DDD Pacemaker with Unipolar Leads in Subcutaneous Emphysema Following Pneumothorax
Author(s) -
MELZER CHRÍSTOPHE,
WITTE H.J.,
BAUMAN G.,
THERES H.
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.1460-9592.2001.00893.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , subcutaneous emphysema , complication , transient (computer programming) , subcutaneous injection , block (permutation group theory) , cardiology , anesthesia , surgery , computer science , operating system , geometry , mathematics
MELZER, C., et al. : Transient Exit Block of a DDD Pacemaker with Unipolar Leads in Subcutaneous Emphysema Following Pneumothorax. This case report describes a transient pacemaker exit block due to subcutaneous emphysema following pneumothorax. Pneumothorax after pacemaker implantation is rare, but development of subcutaneous emphysema under such circumstances is even more uncommon. Exit block develops only with the use of unipolar leads; with implantation of bipolar leads, this complication cannot occur.