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- Karthik Raghuram, Krishna Kumar Mohanan Nair, Narayanan Namboodiri, Debasish Das, and Ajitkumar Valaparambil.
- Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695011, Kerala, India.
- Natl Med J India. 2021 Mar 1; 34 (2): 84-85.
AbstractPocket site infection after implantation of a pacemaker is a dreaded complication which requires removing the device and reimplanting it at a contralateral site. Difficulties arise when the patient is dependent on pacing and when there are issues with venous access at the contralateral site. We report a patient with pacemaker pocket site infection with congenital complete heart block managed with explantation of the device, semi-permanent pacing during antibiotic treatment, reimplantation of the device at the contralateral site and management of subtotal subclavian vein stenosis noted during reimplantation.
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