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Pacing Failure Due to an Unusual Fracture of the Sutureless Myocardial Electrode
Author(s) -
KHAIR GAMIL Z.,
TRISTANI FELIX E.
Publication year - 1979
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 - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1979.tb05175.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , cardiac pacing , electrode , heart failure , chemistry
A 64‐year‐old man had an epicardial demand pacemaker implanted for treatment of Mobitz type II heart block. Two sutureless myocardial electrodes were inserted, but a unipolar system was used based on stimulation threshold and sensitivity measurements. Fourteen months later the patient presented with pacing failure caused by a fracture of the corkscrew electrode with wide separation of the broken ends. The pacemaker, however, continued to inhibit satisfactorily. Pacing was successfully reestablished employing the second available lead. To our knowledge, there has been no publication reporting this type of failure of the sutureless myocardial electrode.