Citation

Rosenthal R, Crisafi BR, Coomaraswamy RP. Pacing Clin. Electrophysiol. 1980; 3(2): 229-231.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6160514

Abstract

An unusual case of a patient-related pacemaker malfunction is presented. In a suicide attempt the patient manually extracted a subcutaneously implanted permanent pacemaker. This shocking example of pacemaker manipulation by a patient raises the question of the need for more routine of protected sites for pacemaker implantation.

Language: en