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Europace Advance Access originally published online on June 22, 2008
Europace 2008 10(9):1122-1123; doi:10.1093/europace/eun168
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

CASE REPORTS

Pocket infection related to retained products of pacing

Shoaib Hamid1,*, Nikhil Patel2 and Cliff Bucknall1

1 Cardiothoracic Department, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; 2 Department of Cardiology, Eastbourne District General Hospital, Eastbourne, BN21 2UD, UK

With the advent of increasing number of implants and more complex pacing systems, referrals for explantations are likely to increase. These procedures have their attendant peri-procedural risks. We report a delayed complication of a system explant, which could have been avoided, and suggest changes in clinical practice that may prevent similar cases.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +44 207 1887335; fax: +44 207 1882435. E-mail address: shoaibhamid{at}hotmail.com

Manuscript submitted 7 April 2008. Accepted after revision 23 May 2008.


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