title: Adapter failure as a cause of pacemaker malfunction.
abstract: Two patients who had recently undergone pulse generator replacement in which an adapter had been used to connect a preexisting lead to a VS1 and IS1 3.2-mm connector presented with noncapture. The adapter set-screw was found to be protruding from the insulation sleeve to short-circuit with the pulse generator can. During episodes of noncapture the telementered impedance was < 100 ohms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: van Gelder
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Bracke
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: el Gamal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial