RESUMO

Tricuspid endocarditis was diagnosed in a sixty-four-year-old patient with Chagas' disease who had a permanent cardiac pacemaker and whose generator had been replaced five months before an infection in the pocket. The pacing system was replaced by an epicardial one and the patient received antibiotics with good results.

Assuntos

Cardiomiopatia Chagásica/complicações , Endocardite Bacteriana/etiologia , Marca-Passo Artificial/efeitos adversos , Infecções Relacionadas à Prótese/etiologia , Cardiomiopatia Chagásica/terapia , Endocardite Bacteriana/diagnóstico , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade