title: [Bacterial endocarditis of the transvenous lead of an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator].
abstract: A 27-year-old patient carrying a transvenous ICD developed infective endocarditis more than 1 year after surgery. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from blood cultures. A transesophageal echocardiogram revealed a mobile vegetation on a thrombus attached to the ICD lead in the right atrium. The ICD lead was removed by right anterolateral thoracotomy. This raises the issue of the risk of thrombus formation in patients with intravenous ICD leads and the associated susceptibility to infective endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Abt. für Kardiologie u. Pulmonologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Gonska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herse
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kreuzer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Bakterielle Endokarditis der transvenösen Sonde eines implantierbaren Kardioverters/Defibrillators.