title: [A case-report of pacemaker malfunction caused by dry pocket after replacement of pulse generator].
abstract: Pacemaker malfunction was attributed to the increasing in impedance to current flow caused by a pocket of air separating the anodal contact plate of a unipolar generator from the overlying connective tissue (so-called dry pocket). Lack of capture was noted just after replacement of pulse generator. The malfunction was permanently corrected by bediside infusion of saline to pacemaker pocket.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hiroshima City Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ohba
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shichijo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000388:Air; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012804:Sick Sinus Syndrome / Q000628:therapy