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Asystole Caused by Vegetation and Abscess of Right Ventricle Attached to a Tip of Pacemaker Lead
Author(s) -
YAMAOKA MASAYA,
NODA TAKASHI,
NAGASAWA HIKARU,
NAGANUMA MASAKI,
OTSUBO RYOICHI,
OKAMURA HIDEO,
ISHIBASHIUEDA HATSUE,
KAMAKURA SHIRO
Publication year - 2008
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.1540-8159.2008.01142.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asystole , ventricle , cardiology , vegetation (pathology) , lead (geology) , anesthesia , pathology , geomorphology , geology
A 69‐year‐old man with pacemaker was referred to our center for cerebral infarction. He had a high fever for 10 days during his hospitalization. Pacing failures deteriorating to asystole were observed responsible for bacterial vegetation around the tip of the pacemaker lead, which is rare but important for the cause of pacing failure.