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Postgrad Med J 2005;81:198-199 doi:10.1136/pgmj.2004.022178
  • Case report

A migrating pacemaker

  1. C P Gale1,
  2. G P Mulley2
  1. 1Department of Cardiology, Pontefract General Infirmary, Pontefract, UK
  2. 2Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr C P Gale
 Department of Cardiology, Pontefract General Infirmary, Friarwood Lane, Pontefract WF8 1PL, UK; medcpgleeds.ac.uk
  • Received 18 March 2004
  • Accepted 28 May 2004

Abstract

A deceased 79 year old man with a permanent cardiac pacemaker was due to be cremated, but the pacemaker generator was not detectable by palpation. A hand held metal detector to locate the device so that it could be extracted before cremation.

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