Unusual treatment of pacemaker pocket infection: a case report
Journal of Tehran University Heart Center [The]. 2010; 5 (4): 202-204
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-108622
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
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Surgical Wound Infection
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Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices
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Infections
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
J. Tehran Univ. Heart Cent.
Year:
2010
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