| Literature DB >> 17532441 |
Ali Dodge-Khatami1, Carl L Backer, Martin Meuli, René Prêtre, Maren Tomaske, Constantine Mavroudis.
Abstract
Epicardial pacemaker systems include pacing leads and a generator, which exceptionally may have to be implanted in the abdomen. We report three such pediatric cases where severe intraabdominal complications occurred owing to migration and erosion of the generators into visceral organs and urge extreme caution with this technique.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17532441 DOI： 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.12.037
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Thorac Surg ISSN： 0003-4975 Impact factor: 4.330