Right-sided infective endocarditis as a potentially fatal complication in patients with long-term refractory severe bradyarrhythmia after cervical spinal cord injury: A case report

Right-sided infective endocarditis as a potentially fatal complication in patients with long-term refractory severe bradyarrhythmia after cervical spinal cord injury: A case report

Bradyarrhythmia is usually a spontaneously subsiding complication of cervical spinal cord injury. However, in severe cases, it can lead to cardiac arrest. We report a case of cervical spinal cord injury, complicated by right-sided infective endocarditis after the placement of a temporary pacing cath...

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Main Authors: Naoki Miura, Hideaki Suzuki, Shota Maesawa, Tomoaki Koakutsu, Yasuharu Matsumoto, Koji Fukuda, Yutaka Kagaya, Shigeki Kushimoto, Hiroaki Shimokawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-08-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
Subjects:
Cardiac arrest
Bradyarrhythmia
Cardiac pacing
Spinal cord injury
Infective endocarditis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1880427614001793

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