Clinical Images
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
Tel: +81-88-822-1201
Fax: +81-88-822-1056
E-mail:
kenjiyorita@gmail.com
Keywords : expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sheet, cardiac
pacemaker, foreign body