title: Pacemaker failure caused by traveller's diarrhoea.
abstract: A female patient with a VVI pacemaker suffered from traveller's diarrhoea which she treated with tea and water. After the onset of arrhythmia a pacemaker failure and a sodium concentration of 117 mmol/l was found. After substitution of sodium chloride, there was a remission of symptoms, the pacemaker ECG was normal.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Occupational and Social Medicine, Aachen Technical University, Pauwelstrasse 30, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lückhoff
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schöffl
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gieseler
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Küpper
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D029322:Norovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D014195:Travel; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000502:physiology