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Complete section of pacemaker lead due to subclavian crush
Author(s) -
Noble Stephane L,
Burri Haran,
Sunthorn Henri
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06854.x
Subject(s) - lead (geology) , section (typography) , forensic engineering , medicine , geology , computer science , engineering , operating system , geomorphology
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 20 June 2005 182 12 643-643 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2005 www.mja.com.au Snapshot fracture of the pacemaker lead. The pacemaker w and a new lead implanted using the cephalic v approach. The patient’s medical record indicated that, 8 m ously, when she developed a cough, a chest x-r performed by her physician. At around the same ti check of the function of her pacemaker indicate n pa ca A 81-year-old woman was fitted with a single-chamber cemaker for atrial fibrillation and symptomatic bradyrdia (Microny SR 2425T, Pacesetter, Sylmar, Calif, USA; silicone lead 1402 T, Siemens, Sylmar, Calif, USA). Seven years later, she presented with fatigue and presyncope of 1 week’s duration. She had also noticed contractions of the pectoral muscles on the left side of the chest. An electrocardiogram (Box 1) showed evidence of ventricular undersensing and non-capture, and a chest x-ray (Box 2) revealed complete as replaced, ein cutdown