title: Shear syndrome: the worst case scenario of crush syndrome.
abstract: Shear syndrome is described as a complication of crush syndrome. In addition to compression of and injury to the electrode, complete transection occurs. In this case, the free end migrated to the pulmonary artery with the potential for further complications.
authors.affiliation: Arrhythmia Study and Sudden Death Prevention Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.
authors.forename: A Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Bilfinger
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Vlay
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000628:therapy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003444:Crush Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic