Surgical Electrocautery and the Runaway Pacemaker Syndrome
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- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
- Vol. 13 (9) , 1084-1085
Abstract
A case of a unipolar surgical electrocautery‐induced runaway pacemaker is described. The single chamber ventricular pacemaker began firing at 140 beats/min with intermittent capture and the abnormal rhythm persisted after cessation of the electrocautery. Emergent explanation of the pulse generator was required.Keywords
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