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Traumatic Heart Block
Author(s) -
Copperman Yitschak,
Low Samuel,
Laniado Shlomo
Publication year - 1989
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/pace.1989.12.p1.25
Subject(s) - medicine , atrioventricular block , heart block , block (permutation group theory) , permanent pacemaker , cardiology , surgery , electrocardiography , geometry , mathematics
Penetrating chest wounds have only occasionally been reported as a cause of permanent atrioventricular block. A case is presented in which a nail, fired from a power operated device, passed through the chest, causing complete atrioventricular block and requiring permanent pacing.
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