title: Tricuspid stenosis: a rare complication of pacemaker-related endocarditis.
abstract: We report a case of recurrent pacemaker lead endocarditis as the cause of acquired tricuspid stenosis. The diagnosis was made noninvasively by 2-dimensional Doppler echocardiography. The case was further complicated by a paradoxical septic embolism through a patent foramen ovale. This cascade of rear events after a pacemaker implantation has never been described in the literature before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, AZVUB, Belgium.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hagers
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koole
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schoors
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Camp
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*