Pelvic displacement of a cardiac pacemaker following trauma. A case report.
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.
D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D010388:Pelvis; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications*