Intracardiac echocardiography in the detection of pacemaker lead endocarditis. |
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Authors: | Ajay Dalal Samuel J Asirvatham Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran James B Seward A Jamil Tajik |
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Institution: | Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. |
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Abstract: | At times, infection of pacemaker leads can be difficult to confirm even with transesophageal echocardiography. We describe a patient with pacemaker lead infection where the transesophageal echocardiogram was nondiagnostic, and intracardiac echocardiography made the diagnosis by demonstrating the vegetation on the pacemaker lead. This illustrates a potential role for intracardiac echocardiography in infective endocarditis when transesophageal echocardiography is nondiagnostic. |
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