TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1978//
TI  - Pacemaker and seat belt
JO  - Langenbecks archiv fur chirurgie
A1  - Krueger, P.
A1  - Anselm, D. Langwieder
A1  - Beier, G.
A1  - Prauer, H. W.
A1  - Wolff, H.
SP  - 367
EP  - 371
VL  - 347
IS  - 
N2  - Although seat-belt-induced traffic accident injuries to wearers of pacemakers are rare, about 50,000 pacemaker patients have to "buckle up." A study of 450 pacemaker patients indicated that, as in the general population about 50% use their seat belts. Fifty percent of the patients felt uncomfortable or showed local damage of the area overlying the pacemaker. Studies with dummies revealed a 7-cm upward dislocation of the pacemaker caused by the negative acceleration and by the seat belt itself during the crash. This could be prevented by an external cap protecting the pacemaker.
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SN  - 0023-8236
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -