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Case Reports
. 2017 Jun;40(6):629-631.
doi: 10.1111/pace.13074. Epub 2017 May 16.

Cremation of Leadless Pacemaker

Lily Cheung  1 , Gary C P Chan  1 , Joseph Y S Chan  1 , Chu-Pak Lau  2
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Case Reports

Cremation of Leadless Pacemaker

Lily Cheung et al. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2017 Jun.

Abstract

Cremation of implanted cardiac electronic devices can be associated with explosion from rapid gas formation causing potential hazard to the crematoria staffs and facilities. We present four patients who had undergone cremation with a leadless pacemaker (MicraTM , Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA) left inside their bodies. There was neither reported explosion nor damage to the cremation chamber during the cremation process. In this small series, cremation of MicraTM is not associated with noticeable explosion.

Keywords: cremation; leadless pacemaker.

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