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Surgical Electrocautery and the Runaway Pacemaker Syndrome
Author(s) -
HELLER LOUIS I.
Publication year - 1990
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.1540-8159.1990.tb02160.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulse generator , rhythm , surgery , cardiology , anesthesia , physics , quantum mechanics , voltage
A case of a unipolar surgical electrocautery‐induced runaway pacemaker is described. The single chamber ventricular pacemaker began firing at 140 beats/min with intermittent capture and the abnormal rhythm persisted after cessation of the electrocautery. Emergent explanation of the pulse generator was required.