descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1989 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, volume 12, pages 25-28 (issn: 0147-8389, eissn: 1540-8159,

Authors: Samuel Low; Shlomo Laniado; Yitschak Copperman;

doi: 10.1111/pace.1989.12.p1.25

pmid: 2464808

Traumatic Heart Block

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Abstract

Penetrating chest wounds have only occasionally been reported as a cause of permanent atrioventricular block. A case is presented in which a nail, fired from a power operated device, passed through the chest, causing complete atrioventricular block and requiring permanent pacing.

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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Israel

Keywords

Electrocardiography, Pacemaker, Artificial, Heart Block, Heart Injuries, Humans, Female, Wounds, Penetrating, Heart Atria, Middle Aged

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