title: Pulse generator failure due to blunt trauma.
abstract: This case describes a 69-year-old male who had a permanent pacemaker implanted for sick sinus syndrome. He was struck by a car with a resultant failure of the pulse generator. Trauma-related failure of a pulse generator is a rare event. Its recognition is imperative in the overall management of the trauma patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY 11215.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Betzu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taddeo
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Judge
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000368:Aged; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012804:Sick Sinus Syndrome / Q000628:therapy; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*