Cardiac pacemaker failure: a complication of trauma.
Trauma to the patient with an implanted cardiac pacemaker can result in serious damage to the device. We have described a case in which the lead was fractured after accidental electric shock. Recognition that trauma is a possible cause of pacemaker malfunction is critical to proper evaluation and prompt treatment of this potentially lethal complication.
D000368:Aged; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*