Citation

Grieco JG, Scanlon PJ, Pifarré R. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1989; 47(3): 453-454.

Affiliation

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2930307

Abstract

Acute pacemaker malfunction is potentially lethal. A high index of suspicion must be maintained in physicians caring for traumatized patients utilizing permanent pacing systems. We present a case of transvenous pacemaker lead fracture sustained in a vehicular deceleration injury.

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