Suicide Attempt by Self-Dissection of Permanent Pacemaker Leads

We present the case of a patient with depression who attempted suicide through self-dissection and severing of her permanent pacemaker leads. The case highlights the importance of screening for psychiatric disorders prior to device implantation and continued surveillance for self-harm behaviors. (Le...

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Autores principales: Masoom, Hassan, Berbenetz, Nicholas M., Chow, Justin, Acosta, Juan Gabriel, Amin, Faizan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8298311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.070
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spelling pubmed-82983112021-07-26 Suicide Attempt by Self-Dissection of Permanent Pacemaker Leads Masoom, Hassan Berbenetz, Nicholas M. Chow, Justin Acosta, Juan Gabriel Amin, Faizan JACC Case Rep Case Report We present the case of a patient with depression who attempted suicide through self-dissection and severing of her permanent pacemaker leads. The case highlights the importance of screening for psychiatric disorders prior to device implantation and continued surveillance for self-harm behaviors. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.) Elsevier 2020-02-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8298311/ /pubmed/34317227 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.070 Text en © 2020 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8298311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.070
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