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Mannal Extraction of a Permanent Pacemaker: An Attempted Suicide
Author(s) -
ROSENTHAL ROBERT,
CRISAFI BARTEL R.,
COOMARASWAMY RAMA P.
Publication year - 1980
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.1540-8159.1980.tb04334.x
Subject(s) - medicine , permanent pacemaker , artificial cardiac pacemaker , cardiac pacemaker , medical emergency , surgery , cardiology
An unusual case of a patient‐related pacemaker malfunction is presented. In a suicide attempt the patient manually extracted a subcutaneously implanted permanent pacemaker. This shocking example of pacemaker manipulation by a patient raises the question of the need for more routine use of protected sites for pacemaker implantation.