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Runaway Pacemaker Caused by a Stuck Accelerometer
Author(s) -
NAKAZATO YUJI,
NAKATA YASURO,
YASUDA MASAYUKI,
NAKAZATO KAORU,
TANAKA MIKIO,
SUMIYOSHI MASATAKA,
SAKURAI HIDEHIKO,
YAMAGUCHI HIROSHI
Publication year - 1999
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.1540-8159.1999.tb00487.x
Subject(s) - medicine , accelerometer , cardiology , computer science , operating system
We report a case of runaway pacemaker with a ventricular pacing rate of 190 beats/min. The runaway occurred when the accelerometer became stuck due to the magnet application during VVIR pacing. Runaways in modern pacemakers are particularly rare, but they do still occur. The best solution for this phenomenon is generator replacement.