We report the occurrence of a triboelectric phenomenon (static electricity) that mimicked malfunction of a contemporary pacemaker by creating an electrocardiograpic artifact virtually identical to the pacemaker stimuli. The diagnosis was established by observing a subtle overshoot of the questionable deflection that was absent from pacemaker stimuli. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd on behalf of The European Society of Cardiology.
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Vardhman Mahavir Med Coll, Dept Cardiol, New Delhi, India
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Gupta, Anunay
Hazra, Kashinath Ghosh
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Ramakumar, Venkatakrishnan
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All India Inst Med Sci, Dept Cardiol, New Delhi, IndiaVardhman Mahavir Med Coll, Dept Cardiol, New Delhi, India
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Bera, Debabrata
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