Abstract
A young girl with complex congenital heart disease underwent Fontan procedure and multiple pacemaker revisions, including abandonment of an intraabdominal pacemaker generator at age eight. She presented two years later with constipation and abdominal twitching. Radiographs, pacemaker interrogation, and laparoscopy confirmed dislocation of the abandoned generator and intraperitoneal migration into the pouch of Douglas. The device was removed surgically without incident.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 910-911 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2007 |
Keywords
- Abandoned pacemaker
- Pacemaker generator
- Pacemaker migration