Infected Endocarditis Related Pacemaker leads: A Case Report
Journal of the Korean Society of Echocardiography
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: 70-74, 2001.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
The infected endocarditis related permanent pacemaker occurs rare and most of them occur at generator pocket but endocarditis related permanant pacemaker lead itself occurs very rarely. The rate of infection after pacemaker implantation is reported as 0.13-7% or 0.13-19.9% and mortality rate is up to 24-33%. Focal inflammation of generator pocket is easily detected but it is difficult to diagnose endocarditis related pacemaker lead and it has poor prognosis. Especially, early diagnosis is most important because endocarditis related pacemaker is fatal. Thirteen years ago, a womon was inserted the permanent pacemaker and then only generator was removed after one month. We report a case that we had removed the pacemaker lead by open thoracostomy and cardiopulmonary circulation to treat endocarditis related pacemaker lead.
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Main subject:
Prognosis
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Thoracostomy
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Mortality
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Early Diagnosis
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Endocarditis
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Inflammation
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
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Screening study
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Echocardiography
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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