A migrating pacemaker.
A deceased 79 year old man with a permanent cardiac pacemaker was due to be cremated, but the pacemaker generator was not detectable by palpation. A hand held metal detector to locate the device so that it could be extracted before cremation.
Gale
C P
CP
Department of Cardiology, Pontefract General Infirmary, Friarwood Lane, Pontefract WF8 1PL, UK. medcpg@leeds.ac.uk
Mulley
G P
GP
D000368:Aged; D020878:Device Removal; D005107:Explosions / Q000517:prevention & control; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009027:Mortuary Practice / Q000379:methods*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial