Erosion of internal cardioverter defibrillator pocket and migration of pulse generator into the peritoneal cavity.
ICD therapy for life-threatening arrhythmias is well established. As more patients are treated, the incidence of recognized and new complications may increase. We report ICD pocket erosion and migration of the pulse generator into the peritoneal cavity in two patients.
Stony Brook Arrhythmia Study and Sudden Death Prevention Center, Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8171, USA.
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D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed