creators_name: Shapiro, Michael
creators_name: Hanon, Sam
creators_name: Schweitzer, Paul
editors_name: Singh, Balbir
editors_name: Lokhandwala, Yash
editors_name: Francis, Johnson
editors_name: Gupta, Anup
type: journalp
datestamp: 2005-04-13
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:54
metadata_visibility: show
title: A Rare, Late Complication after Automated Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement
ispublished: pub
subjects: ipej
full_text_status: public
keywords: pacemaker complication, skin erosion, extrusion

abstract: This article describes an interesting case of automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) extrusion fifteen months after implantation.  The case report is followed by a discussion of the causes and treatment of skin erosion following pacemaker/AICD insertion.

date: 2004-10
date_type: published
publication: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
volume: 4
number: 4
publisher: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group
pagerange: 213-216
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Shapiro, Michael and Hanon, Sam and Schweitzer, Paul  (2004) A Rare, Late Complication after Automated Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
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