Asystole Caused by Vegetation and Abscess of Right Ventricle Attached to a Tip of Pacemaker Lead |
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| Authors: | MASAYA YAMAOKA,M.D.,TAKASHI NODA,M.D.,HIKARU NAGASAWA,M.D.,&dagger ,MASAKI NAGANUMA,M.D.,&dagger ,RYOICHI OTSUBO,M.D.,&dagger ,HIDEO OKAMURA,M.D.,HATSUE ISHIBASHI-UEDA,M.D.,&Dagger , SHIRO KAMAKURA,M.D. |
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| Affiliation: | From the Division of Cardiology;, Cerebrovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine;, and Department of Pathology, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | asystole pacemaker pacing failure vegetation |
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