Pelvic displacement of a cardiac pacemaker following trauma. A case report.

Autor: Piller LW, Forman R, Wolpowitz A
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde [S Afr Med J] 1978 Aug 19; Vol. 54 (8), pp. 329-30.
Abstrakt: The rate migration of an implanted cardiac pacemaker from the subrectus area anterior to the peritoneum to the pelvis following a motor vehicle accident is reported. Discovery of dislodgement was made by observing a marked increase of pacemaker impulse amplitude in the three standard limb leads as measured on an oscilloscope.
Databáze: MEDLINE