Abstract
A 73-year-old man with bradycardia and atrial fibrillation underwent implantation of a transvenous pacemaker system on the left anterior chest wall in 1995. Six years later, he was admitted for bacteremia from coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. Repeated treatment employing antibiotic therapy was ineffective. The infected electrode was removed under cardiopulmonary bypass. His electrode had become firmly encased with fibrous tissue within the right ventricle and atrium. It was removed under direct vision during complete cardiac arrest. The postoperative course was uneventful and there has been no recurrence after 1 year.
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