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- Title
Pacemaker Contact Dermatitis: The Effective Use of a Polytetrafluoroethylene Sheet.
- Authors
ISHII, KENSUKE; KODANI, EITARO; MIYAMOTO, SHINJIRO; OTSUKA, TOSHIAKI; HOSONE, MASARU; OGATA, KEN‐ICHI; SATO, WATARU; MATSUMOTO, SHIN; TADERA, TAKESHI; IBUKI, CHIKAO; KUSAMA, YOSHIKI; ATARASHI, HIROTSUGU
- Abstract
A 52-year-old man with Down's syndrome was implanted with a DDDR pacemaker for advanced atrioventricular block. He was admitted with development of skin eczema and partial exposure of the generator 1 year after reimplantation. There was no evidence of infection on laboratory data. A skin patch test was positive for the metal of the generator (purity 99.9% titanium) after 72 hours. These findings indicated pacemaker contact dermatitis. After the patient was reimplanted with a pacemaker wrapped with a polytetrafluoroethylene sheet, there has been no recurrence of the contact dermatitis during a follow-up period of 3 years.
- Subjects
CARDIAC pacemakers; CONTACT dermatitis; ECZEMA; GRANULATION tissue; ANTIBIOTICS; DOWN syndrome; ARRHYTHMIA; POLYTEF
- Publication
Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology, 2006, Vol 29, Issue 11, p1299
- ISSN
0147-8389
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00535.x