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. Issue 4 (6th December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Miura, Naoki; Suzuki, Hideaki; Maesawa, Shota; Koakutsu, Tomoaki; Matsumoto, Yasuharu; Fukuda, Koji; Kagaya, Yutaka; Kushimoto, Shigeki; Shimokawa, Hiroaki
• Is Part Of: Journal of arrhythmia. Volume 31:Issue 4(2015)
• Page Start: 232
• Page End: 234
• Publication Date: 2014-12-06
• Subjects: Cardiac arrest -- Bradyarrhythmia -- Cardiac pacing -- Spinal cord injury -- Infective endocarditis; Arrhythmia -- Periodicals; Cardiac pacing -- Periodicals; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Arrhythmia; Cardiac pacing; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 616.128
• DOI: 10.1016/j.joa.2014.11.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1880-4276

Abstract

Abstract: 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 catheter in the right ventricle for severe bradyarrhythmia that led to cardiac arrest. Although the patient's condition was successfully treated by pacing catheter removal and pharmacological therapy, right‐sided infective endocarditis would be a fatal complication in cases of cervical spinal cord injury where cardiac pacing is required for long‐term refractory severe bradyarrhythmia.