Biomaterial Database

[Perforation of the ventricular septum by a temporary pacemaker catheter]. 1988

G Schwesinger, and C Müller

Institut für Pathologische Anatomie, Bereiches Medizin der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.

Report on a 83-year-old woman with perforation of the ventricular septum by an electrode catheter as complication of a transvenous endocardial stimulation. Discussion of the various complications as well as of the diagnostics and therapy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010138	Pacemaker, Artificial	A device designed to stimulate, by electric impulses, contraction of the heart muscles. It may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external).	Cardiac Pacemaker, Artificial,Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker,Artificial Cardiac Pacemakers,Artificial Pacemaker,Artificial Pacemakers,Cardiac Pacemakers, Artificial,Pacemaker, Artificial Cardiac,Pacemakers, Artificial,Pacemakers, Artificial Cardiac
D001919	Bradycardia	Cardiac arrhythmias that are characterized by excessively slow HEART RATE, usually below 50 beats per minute in human adults. They can be classified broadly into SINOATRIAL NODE dysfunction and ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK.	Bradyarrhythmia,Bradyarrhythmias,Bradycardias
D004566	Electrodes	Electric conductors through which electric currents enter or leave a medium, whether it be an electrolytic solution, solid, molten mass, gas, or vacuum.	Anode,Anode Materials,Cathode,Cathode Materials,Anode Material,Anodes,Cathode Material,Cathodes,Electrode,Material, Anode,Material, Cathode
D005260	Female		Females
D006346	Heart Septum	This structure includes the thin muscular atrial septum between the two HEART ATRIA, and the thick muscular ventricular septum between the two HEART VENTRICLES.	Cardiac Septum,Heart Septa,Septa, Heart,Septum, Cardiac,Septum, Heart
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000369	Aged, 80 and over	Persons 80 years of age and older.	Oldest Old
D014950	Wounds, Penetrating	Wounds caused by objects penetrating the skin.	Penetrating Wound,Penetrating Wounds,Wound, Penetrating