Pacemaker endocarditis: contribution of two-dimensional echocardiography.
A case of pacemaker endocarditis is presented. Electrode vegetations could be diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography. Prolonged antibiotic therapy failed. Only when the entire pacing system had been removed by cardiotomy with cardiopulmonary bypass, the infection cleared.
D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012008:Recurrence; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology