Title: Twenty-years’ use of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sheet for an artificial cardiac pacemaker

Kenji Yorita¹*, Junichi Takahashi², Kazutoshi Tano³, Yoichi Ichikawa³, Nobumasa Hamaguchi⁴, Wataru Yasui⁵

¹Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Kochi Hospital, Kochi-city, Kochi, Japan

²Department of Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Kochi Hospital, Kochi-city, Kochi, Japan

³Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kochi Hospital, Kochi-city, Kochi, Japan

⁴Department of Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kochi Hospital, Kochi-city, Kochi, Japan

⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Yusuhara Hospital, Kochi-city, Kochi, Japan

The authors report no conflict of interest, financial or otherwise.

^＊Corresponding Author: Kenji Yorita, M.D., Ph.D.,

Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Kochi Hospital, 1-4-63-11, Hadaminamimachi, Kochi-city, Kochi 780-8562, Japan

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Keywords : expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sheet, cardiac pacemaker, foreign body