ABSTRACT
We introduce a 32-year-old man who was evaluated for a dizziness and headache of unknown origin for at least two months and was referred to our center after ECG findings. He was finally diagnosed as a case of idiopathic, familial, diffuse, persistent atrial standstill, which is a rare arrhythmogenic condition characterized by the absence of electrical and mechanical activity in the atria. He successfully received a single-chamber permanent pacemaker
ABSTRACT
Pocket infection of a cardiac device is usually treated by removing the device and re-implanting it in a new site after complete treatment of the infection. This report illustrates a complicated case of pocket infection in the wake of the implantation of a permanent pacemaker [cardiac resynchronization therapy]. The patient was treated conservatively through daily irrigation and dressing, broad-spectrum antibiotics, and debridement without the device being removed; the generator was kept out of the pocket for 5 weeks and then re-implanted in the same location successfully. The method of treatment presented herein can be of value, not least in the elderly population who might experience life-threatening events following the replacement of their cardiac devices