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Runaway in a Modern “Soft Top” Pacemaker
Author(s) -
BETTS T.R.,
THOMAS R.D.,
HUBBARD W.N.
Publication year - 1997
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.1540-8159.1997.tb05449.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology
Although runaway pacemaker was a relatively common occurrence, modern pacemaker design has made it extremely rare. We report a case occurring with a modern “soft‐top” pacemaker that resuited from a loss of hermeticity. Although the different treatment options are discussed, the definitive maneuvre is explantation of the faulty pacemaker.