[A case-report of pacemaker malfunction caused by dry pocket after replacement of pulse generator].
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.
Yoshida
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hiroshima City Hospital, Japan.
Ohba
O
O
Yamamoto
Y
Y
Katoh
G
G
Morimoto
T
T
Shichijo
T
T
D000368:Aged; D000388:Air; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012804:Sick Sinus Syndrome / Q000628:therapy