| Bizarre case of migration of a retained epicardial pacing wire. | |
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PMID: 18820251 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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A 71-year-old woman, who had undergone mitral valve replacement procedure 2 years previously, presented with aortic and mitral prosthetic valve endocarditis. Preoperative examination demonstrated a wire-like structure coursing from the aortic bulb to the right carotid artery. The wire-like structure was removed during the mitral and aortic valve reoperation, and identified as an epicardial pacing wire, which was placed during the patients' first mitral valve operation. We suspect that the contaminated pacing wire migrated via the left atrium and left ventricle into the right carotid artery causing an infective endocarditis of the prosthetic mitral valve and the native aortic valve. |
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Authors:
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Gerd Juchem; Karl Golczyk; Carsten Kopf; Bruno Reichart; Peter Lamm |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article Date: 2008-09-26 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology Volume: 10 ISSN: 1532-2092 ISO Abbreviation: Europace Publication Date: 2008 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-10-28 Completed Date: 2008-12-29 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100883649 Medline TA: Europace Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1348-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Munich, München, Germany. gerd.juchem@med.uni-muenchen.de |
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Adult Electrodes, Implanted / adverse effects* Endocarditis / diagnosis*, etiology* Female Foreign-Body Migration / diagnosis*, etiology* Humans Pacemaker, Artificial / adverse effects* |
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