A migrating pacemaker.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Foreign-Body Migration
- Mortuary Practice
- Pacemaker, Artificial