Literature DB >> 15749800

A migrating pacemaker.

C P Gale1, G P Mulley.   

Abstract

A deceased 79 year old man with a permanent cardiac pacemaker was due to be cremated, but the pacemaker generator was not detectable by palpation. A hand held metal detector to locate the device so that it could be extracted before cremation.

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Year:  2005        PMID: 15749800      PMCID: PMC1743232          DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.022178

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Postgrad Med J        ISSN: 0032-5473            Impact factor:   2.401


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1.  Leadless pacemaker and cremation.

Authors:  Raghav Bhargava; Balram Bhargava
Journal:  Heart Asia       Date:  2016-01-07

2.  Modernity in medicine and hygiene at the end of the 19th century: the example of cremation.

Authors:  Alessandro Porro; Bruno Falconi; Carlo Cristini; Lorenzo Lorusso; Antonia F Franchini
Journal:  J Public Health Res       Date:  2012-02-14
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