Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Psychological adaption after pacemaker implantation can be challenging in patients with psychiatric disease. Suicide by self-removal of a permanent pacemaker system is a rare phenomenon described in a few cases in patients with psychiatric disorders.
METHODS AND RESULTS: We describe a case of attempted suicide by complete self-removal of a 12-year-old permanent pacemaker system in a 70-year-old male patient with a bipolar disorder and a history of previous suicide attempts.
CONCLUSIONS: Suicide attempt by self-removal of a permanent pacemaker system is very rare. In patients with a history of psychiatric disease and previous suicide attempts, careful information about the function of a pacemaker should be given.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 99-100 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| ISSN | 1045-3873 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- Aged
- Bipolar Disorder/complications
- Device Removal/adverse effects
- Hemorrhage/diagnosis
- Humans
- Male
- Pacemaker, Artificial
- Suicide, Attempted/psychology
- Time Factors
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