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Intragastric migration of a pacemaker implanted in the pleural space

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We have encountered a 12-year-old boy with a pacemaker implanted in the left pleural space during early infancy that migrated into the stomach through the diaphragm due to severe scoliosis and occult infection. The intrathoracic implantation of a pacemaker in an infant should be assessed more carefully, taking the volume of the unit into consideration, because of this potentially life-threatening complication.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

    Fumitaka Isobe, Yoshio Kosakai, Yasuo Ono, Yoshio Aragaki & Tetsuro Kamiya

  2. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

    Yasuo Ono, Yoshio Aragaki & Tetsuro Kamiya

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  1. Fumitaka Isobe
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Isobe, F., Kosakai, Y., Ono, Y. et al. Intragastric migration of a pacemaker implanted in the pleural space. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 48, 528–530 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03218192

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