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QT Sensing Rate Responsive Pacing During Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis: A Case Report
Author(s) -
KAYE GERRY C.,
BAIG WAZIR,
MACKINTOSH ALAN F.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1990.tb02162.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , endocarditis , subacute bacterial endocarditis , cardiac pacing , heart rate , blood pressure
A 63‐year‐old woman treated with a QT sensing rate responsive pacemaker following aortic valve replacement developed late subacute bacterial endocarditis. During febrile periods, associated with systemic upset, pacing was physiological as evidenced by an increased heart rate during pyrexia and a decrease when afebrile.