1. 2006;9;249-252Feasibility of Spinal Cord Stimulation in a Patient with a Cardiac Pacemaker
   A Case Report
   Boleslav Kosharskyy, MD, and Dima Rozen, MD.

Objective: To report about the safe use of a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) and a permanent cardiac pacemaker (PPM).

Design: Open-label case report.

Case Description: A 75-year-old male with a history of diabetic polyneuropathy and a permanent pacemaker was followed for 6 months after implantation of a SCS.

Conclusion: The simultaneous use of bipolar SCS in a patient with a PPM is not contraindicated. However, because false inhibition of a cardiac pacemaker may potentially lead to serious events, individual testing is mandatory to ascertain safety in each patient.