title: Case report of a hypermobile pacemaker: abnormal manifestations and surgical correction.
abstract: An abnormally mobile subclavian pacemaker pulse generator in a 49-year-old woman was stabilized by an absorbable mesh graft. This device was successfully replaced 2 years later without any problems. A 4-year follow-up evaluation was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Panos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bednarkiewicz
mesh_terms: D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000009:adverse effects