title: Pacing and Sensing of Human Heart for over 31 Years with the Same Apparatus (Generator and Lead).
abstract: Several patients receive a permanent pacemaker in a relatively young age, with multiple subsequent reoperations for pacemaker replacement. Pulse generator replacement is an invasive procedure, associated with the risk of various complications, mainly infection and skin erosion. A case of an extremely long-lasting pacemaker with a totally uneventful longevity period over 31 years is presented. The explanation for this quite rare pacemaker longevity (possibly unique) is analyzed and discussed.
authors.affiliation: 1st Cardiology Department, General Hospital of Nikea, 18454 Piraeus, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Papasteriadis
authors.affiliation: 1st Cardiology Department, General Hospital of Nikea, 18454 Piraeus, Greece.
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Margos