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Peritoneal Migration of an Abdominally Implanted Epicardial Pacemaker : A Cause of Intestinal Obstruction
Author(s) -
GOMEZ CARLEN,
DICK MACDONALD,
HERNANDEZ RAMIRO,
GORAN ARNOLD G.,
CROWLEY DENNIS,
SERWER GERALD A.
Publication year - 1995
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.1540-8159.1995.tb04655.x
Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneum , complication , surgery , abdominal pain , permanent pacemaker , cardiology
We report the case of a 10‐year‐old child with an abdominally implanted epicardial pacemaker that eroded through the peritoneum and migrated to an intraperitoneal location, resulting in partial and then complete intestinal obstruction. This potentially life‐threatening complication should be considered when a patient with an abdominally implanted pacemaker presents with abdominal pain.