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Management of a complicated ‘pacemaker pocket’ site infection

Author(s) -

K. Nair,

Karthik Raghuram,

Narayanan Namboodiri,

Debasish Das,

Ajitkumar Valaparambil

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

the national medical journal of india

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 41

ISSN - 0970-258X

DOI - 10.4103/0970-258x.326761

Subject(s) - medicine , medline , intensive care medicine , biology , biochemistry

Pocket site infection after implantation of a pacemaker is a dreaded complication which requires removing the device and reimplanting it at a contralateral site. Difficulties arise when the patient is dependent on pacing and when there are issues with venous access at the contralateral site. We report a patient with pacemaker pocket site infection with congenital complete heart block managed with explantation of the device, semi-permanent pacing during antibiotic treatment, reimplantation of the device at the contralateral site and management of subtotal subclavian vein stenosis noted during reimplantation.

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