Pacing and Sensing of Human Heart for over 31 Years with the Same Apparatus (Generator and Lead)

Several patients receive a permanent pacemaker in a relatively young age, with multiple subsequent reoperations for pacemaker replacement. Pulse generator replacement is an invasive procedure, associated with the risk of various complications, mainly infection and skin erosion. A case of an extremel...

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Autores principales: Papasteriadis, Evangelos, Margos, Panagiotis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26587292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/796954
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description Several patients receive a permanent pacemaker in a relatively young age, with multiple subsequent reoperations for pacemaker replacement. Pulse generator replacement is an invasive procedure, associated with the risk of various complications, mainly infection and skin erosion. A case of an extremely long-lasting pacemaker with a totally uneventful longevity period over 31 years is presented. The explanation for this quite rare pacemaker longevity (possibly unique) is analyzed and discussed.
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spelling pubmed-46374452015-11-19 Pacing and Sensing of Human Heart for over 31 Years with the Same Apparatus (Generator and Lead) Papasteriadis, Evangelos Margos, Panagiotis Case Rep Cardiol Case Report Several patients receive a permanent pacemaker in a relatively young age, with multiple subsequent reoperations for pacemaker replacement. Pulse generator replacement is an invasive procedure, associated with the risk of various complications, mainly infection and skin erosion. A case of an extremely long-lasting pacemaker with a totally uneventful longevity period over 31 years is presented. The explanation for this quite rare pacemaker longevity (possibly unique) is analyzed and discussed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4637445/ /pubmed/26587292 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/796954 Text en Copyright © 2015 E. Papasteriadis and P. Margos. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pacing and Sensing of Human Heart for over 31 Years with the Same Apparatus (Generator and Lead)
title Pacing and Sensing of Human Heart for over 31 Years with the Same Apparatus (Generator and Lead)
title_full Pacing and Sensing of Human Heart for over 31 Years with the Same Apparatus (Generator and Lead)
title_fullStr Pacing and Sensing of Human Heart for over 31 Years with the Same Apparatus (Generator and Lead)
title_full_unstemmed Pacing and Sensing of Human Heart for over 31 Years with the Same Apparatus (Generator and Lead)
title_short Pacing and Sensing of Human Heart for over 31 Years with the Same Apparatus (Generator and Lead)
title_sort pacing and sensing of human heart for over 31 years with the same apparatus (generator and lead)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26587292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/796954
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