Abstract

REYES SANCHEZ, Raúl; DE DIOS LORENTE, José Arturo  and  ACOSTA PEREZ, Yamilé. Infectious Endocarditis on electrode of permanent pacemaker. MEDISAN [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.9, pp.2158-2163. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a 84 year-old elderly is presented, with history of chronic ischemic heart disease that was referred to the cardiology visit (to assist the patients with pacemakers and arrhythmias) of "Saturnino Lora" Teaching Provincial Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, where he was diagnosed a sinusal dysfuntion and he was inserted a permanent pacemaker. One month later he began to present fever and other clinical manifestations so that he was readmitted due to suspicion of acute infectious endocarditis in the right cavity, related to the placing of the intracardiac device, which was confirmed with the results of the hemoculture and echocardiograms. The clinical course of the patient was unfavorable and he died.

Keywords : elderly; infectious endocarditis; intracardiac device; electrode; permanent pacemaker; secondary health care.