title: Severe syncope due to the application of a pacemaker telemetry wand.
abstract: We report a case of a transient defective anodal contact between pacemaker ground plate and patient's tissues (the so-called dry pocket). During unipolar-DDD pacing, mild compression of the pocket with the telemetry head caused a severe syncope, due to asystole and secondary to complete loss of ventricular capture. Normal pacemaker function resumed with bipolar pacing configuration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Erasme Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Preumont
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Canniere
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Baroud
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stoupel
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure; D006327:Heart Block / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*