Defibrillator lead endocarditis:
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Defibrillator lead endocarditis.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . doi:10.1093/ehjci/jev232 Online publish-ahead-of-pr...
متن کاملEchocardiography in detecting implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead endocarditis: case report.
Lead endocarditis is an infrequent but potentially lethal complication of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation. We report a case of a 53-year-old man with ICD who was admitted to our hospital because of fever, chills, shivering, headache and malaise. Transthoracic echocardiography detected a structure highly suspect of vegetation located on the ICD lead. Transesophageal ech...
متن کاملCongenitally corrected transposition of the great vessels and defibrillator lead endocarditis.
Homem 56 anos, referenciado ao nosso serviço em 1978, com o diagnóstico de cardiopatia congénita não cianótica operada: encerramento de comunicações interventricular (CIV) e interauricular (CIA) associado a correção de estenose valvular pulmonar. A radiografia do tórax mostrava mesocárdia. A partir de 1992 verificaram-se sintomas/sinais de insuficiência cardíaca, com sopro sistólico no bordo es...
متن کاملPacemaker lead endocarditis with hiccups (Kalayci)
Background: Lead-related infections that might develop after pacemaker implantation associated with high mortality and morbidity rates are challenging to manage and pose high-cost. Patients with lead-related infections usually present with fever, chills and fatigue and the treatment can be challenging unless the implant system is extracted. Case presentation: A 66-year old male patient who und...
متن کاملImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead performance.
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have revolutionized the treatment of patients at risk for sudden cardiac death. In the nearly 3 decades since the first human ICD implant,1 millions of devices have been implanted worldwide and innumerable lives have been saved. Successful resuscitation of a potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmia by an ICD system depends on successful arrhythmia...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2047-2404,2047-2412
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jev232