QT sensing rate responsive pacing during subacute bacterial endocarditis: a case report.
A 63-year-old woman treated with a QT sensing rate responsive pacemaker following aortic valve replacement developed late subacute bacterial endocarditis. During febrile periods, associated with systemic upset, pacing was physiological as evidenced by an increased heart rate during pyrexia and a decrease when afebrile.
Department of Cardiology, Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.
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D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods; D004698:Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis; D013997:Time Factors