Lead-dependent infective endocarditis in a patient with five old pacemaker leads – less invasive management

Andrzej Kutarski; Krzysztof Oleszczak; Krzysztof Młynarczyk; Marek Czajkowski

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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Lead-dependent infective endocarditis in a patient with five old pacemaker leads – less invasive management

Andrzej Kutarski

,

Krzysztof Oleszczak

,

Krzysztof Młynarczyk

,

Marek Czajkowski

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 2: 262–267

Online publish date: 2012/07/02

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Recently, the indications for surgical treatment of patients with an infected pacing system were clearly defined in guidelines, but the rules are not always followed in everyday practice and still too many patients are treated with open chest surgery. The described case shows that even severe cases of systemic infection with old, strongly imbedded multiple leads, even when located in the cardiac vein system, can be treated with transvenous lead extraction (TLE).

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Lead-dependent infective endocarditis in a patient with five old pacemaker leads – less invasive management

Andrzej Kutarski , Krzysztof Oleszczak , Krzysztof Młynarczyk , Marek Czajkowski

lead-dependent infective endocarditis, transvenous lead removal, surgical lead removal

Andrzej Kutarski

,

Krzysztof Oleszczak

,

Krzysztof Młynarczyk

,

Marek Czajkowski