A member asked:

Could bradycardia may caused by endocarditis? or endocarditis causes always thaquicardy? my heart rate is 56-64 by resting. im not athletic.headaches

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Unusual: It would be unusual for a serious bacterial infection to be accompanied by bradycardia. Rarely, in particularly severe cases of endocarditis, there can be invasion of the av node by a myocardial abscess with subsequent atrioventricular block and subsequent bradycardia. This is extremely unusual.

Answered 8/21/2016

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