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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.\n"
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  - family: Shapiro
    given: Michael
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  - family: Hanon
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  - family: Schweitzer
    given: Paul
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date: 2004-10
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datestamp: 2005-04-13
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    given: Balbir
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  - family: Lokhandwala
    given: Yash
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  - family: Francis
    given: Johnson
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  - family: Gupta
    given: Anup
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keywords: "pacemaker complication, skin erosion, extrusion\n"
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number: 4
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publication: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
publisher: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group
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referencetext: |-
  1. Kiviniemi MS, Pirnes MA, Eranen HJ, Kettunen RV, Hartikainen JE.  Complications related to permanent pacemaker therapy.  Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology.  1999;22(5):711-20.
  
  2.  Cohn JD, Santhanam R, Rosenbloom MA, Thorson RF.  Delayed pacemaker erosion due to electrode seal defects.  Annals of Thoracic Surgery.  1979;28:445-450.
  
  
  3. Smyth NPD, Millette ML. Complications of pacemaker implantation. In: Barold SS, ed. Modern Cardiac Pacing. Mount Kisco, NY: Futura Publishing Co; 1985:257–304.   
  4.  Da Costa A, Kirkorian G, Cucherat M, Delahaye F, Chevalier P, Cerisier A, Isaaz K, Touboul P.  Antibiotic prophylaxis for permanent pacemaker implantation: a meta-analysis.  Circulation. 1998 May 12;97(18):1796-801.
  
  
  5. Griffith MJ, Mounsey JP, Bexton RS, Holden MP. Mechanical, but not infective, pacemaker erosion may be successfully managed by re-implantation of pacemakers. Br Heart J. 1994;71:202–205. 
  
  
  6. Pavia S, Wilkoff B.  The management of surgical complications of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.  Curr Opin Cardiol.  2000;16:66-71.
  
  7. Hurst LM, Evans HB, Winale B, Klein GJ.  The salvage of infected cardiac pacemaker pockets using a closed irrigation system.  Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology.  1986;9:785-792. 
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title: 'A Rare, Late Complication after Automated Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement'
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volume: 4
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